Comments on: AR-10 handguard https://gunlab.net/ar-10-handguard/ Adventures in gun building! Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Kent https://gunlab.net/ar-10-handguard/#comment-83786 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 01:19:39 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=5901#comment-83786 Can’t believe I never saw this page before now. I’m a big Dutch AR-10 guy. Huge. We should talk…..

Kent

]]> By: AR 10 Handguard https://gunlab.net/ar-10-handguard/#comment-57256 Sat, 10 Nov 2018 07:08:31 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=5901#comment-57256 Nice Article with pictures.
Thanks for sharing the information about Ar 10 with us. The AR 10 has various features which are deployed to make it a precision gun. It has Serrated Barrel Nut Clamp-On Design, Anti-Rotational Tabs and Covers up to Rifle Length Gas Systems.

]]> By: Will Mathieson https://gunlab.net/ar-10-handguard/#comment-54337 Mon, 08 Oct 2018 01:05:40 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=5901#comment-54337 I know there is a Sudanese handguard coming up for auction, can give you the link if you email me at: willsswords@gmail.com

]]> By: JB黒狐 https://gunlab.net/ar-10-handguard/#comment-53886 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 09:33:29 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=5901#comment-53886 Chuck,
Your photographed hand guard ring (see below) is made from PF (Phenol formaldehyde), reinforced with canvas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenol_formaldehyde_resin
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Phenolic+Round+Rod&iax=images&iar=images&ia=images

http://gunlab.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/DSC_9078cs.jpg
http://gunlab.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/DSC_8981cs.jpg

]]> By: Rick Saunders https://gunlab.net/ar-10-handguard/#comment-15509 Wed, 18 May 2016 21:19:51 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=5901#comment-15509 Always the photographs you share are top notch and viewing at home on the computer is much better than thy guys that follow me around museums telling me to stop drooling on the glass.

]]> By: john https://gunlab.net/ar-10-handguard/#comment-15499 Wed, 18 May 2016 07:04:00 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=5901#comment-15499 I think that the material is Paxaline that was popular foe electrical work in the 40`s and 50`s

]]> By: Tony https://gunlab.net/ar-10-handguard/#comment-15496 Wed, 18 May 2016 03:43:35 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=5901#comment-15496 The original cap looks to be an industrial phenolic resin/woven cloth or paper fiber composite that was common in the era. It is still in use to this day. My guess is that the raw material is was made by someone like Westinghouse.

]]> By: Chuck https://gunlab.net/ar-10-handguard/#comment-15489 Tue, 17 May 2016 22:43:15 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=5901#comment-15489 Not Bakelite, just not sure what it is. Yet

]]> By: Chuck https://gunlab.net/ar-10-handguard/#comment-15488 Tue, 17 May 2016 22:42:36 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=5901#comment-15488 The one that will be made is the Sudanese one. That is the one I need for the rifle that I want to put together.

]]> By: HHollow https://gunlab.net/ar-10-handguard/#comment-15487 Tue, 17 May 2016 20:23:26 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=5901#comment-15487 Are you sure you and to duplicate a Hollywood AR10 handguard? Why not a Sudanese contract HG like what was borrowed from Eric? Not much demand for the Hollywood handguards.

I know someone who did a short run of Sudan HG’s and he machined the rear end from phenolic composite

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