Falcon Arms Two Piece forearm retainers

Capt.Hotpants · July 18, 2012, 17:59

Will they work on inch pattern rifles?

It's basically the last part I need to put on the rifle to get it back to normal and I have no intention of removing the barrel just to get a solid ring on. So I seen that DSA had one but then I seen Falcon had the same thing for a lot less. Now I've seen the DSA two piece rings go onto an Inch rifle but is there anything different about the Falcon two piece set that will keep me from putting it on an Inch rifle?

**nearmisses** · December 28, 2012, 19:00

Why don't you call and ask them, they are nice people. Will probably work.

**def90** · December 28, 2012, 23:01

An inch rifle has a breeching washer.. thus the inch handguard ring is round on the side surface that faces the receiver so that it can go over the washer. A metric handguard ring has straight sides that mate up to the barrel flats. You can use the two piece unit but there is a chance that you will have to file or Dremel out the two flat sections on the ring to fit over the round inch breeching washer.

Capt.Hotpants · January 08, 2013, 21:15

That's exactly what I had to do. Just ran the dremel in there until the sides were round and it slipped right on. Good product but the finish on it is partially blue and brown. No big deal as it went on a century arms mix master.

July 18, 2012, 17:59	#1
Capt.Hotpants Registered FALaholic #: 66686 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 82	Falcon Arms Two Piece forearm retainers Will they work on inch pattern rifles? It's basically the last part I need to put on the rifle to get it back to normal and I have no intention of removing the barrel just to get a solid ring on. So I seen that DSA had one but then I seen Falcon had the same thing for a lot less. Now I've seen the DSA two piece rings go onto an Inch rifle but is there anything different about the Falcon two piece set that will keep me from putting it on an Inch rifle?

December 28, 2012, 19:00	#2
nearmisses The LTR guy Contributor FALaholic #: 41474 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Laclede, Idaho Posts: 446	Why don't you call and ask them, they are nice people. Will probably work. __________________ Lighter, lower, faster, & accurate!

December 28, 2012, 23:01	#3
def90 Old Fart Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 50609 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Peoples' Republic of Boulder, Colorado Posts: 8,835	An inch rifle has a breeching washer.. thus the inch handguard ring is round on the side surface that faces the receiver so that it can go over the washer. A metric handguard ring has straight sides that mate up to the barrel flats. You can use the two piece unit but there is a chance that you will have to file or Dremel out the two flat sections on the ring to fit over the round inch breeching washer. __________________ There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Chuck Norris allows to live. Public libraries cannot let the public decide what is allowed in the library, or it would be brimming with pornography and gun magazines.

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January 08, 2013, 21:15	#4
Capt.Hotpants Registered FALaholic #: 66686 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 82	That's exactly what I had to do. Just ran the dremel in there until the sides were round and it slipped right on. Good product but the finish on it is partially blue and brown. No big deal as it went on a century arms mix master.