Quote Originally Posted by rcathey View Post
And if you do go that route, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if you could get $30 or so out of the existing handguard.
If you sold both, you'd essentially be able to get the blank handguard for free.
I spend a lot of my time justifying my own purchases in such a manner
Even more to consider. I had been thinking I might try to repair it .... not for re-use (or re-sell) but to see if it's within my ability to do a decent repair on something like that.