Handguard fitment question. Noticed something a bit off.

[Bruce McAskill]

Most hand guards are not original to a certain rifle. Over the decades many were changed for different reasons mostly through rebuilds. Sometimes the springs were changed and quite often on early rifles with type 1 bands as they would not hold the band tight so it was changed to the later type band. That could cause the distortion. The hand guards and springs were not made to any critical dimensions.