Quote Originally Posted by eplexus View Post
I fully appreciate that. I'm not trying to restore this rifle into a high end collectible. The handguard is chopped, it looks like crap, and I don't enjoy it.

It's going to get replaced. Since I'm replacing it anyway, it only makes sense to spend a little extra effort to choose one that matches what originally came on it. My problem is that I don't have enough handguard knowledge to make that choice.

Makes sense to me.