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M4 Carbine Handguard (factory)

The two-piece oval polymer carbine handguard with double heat shields fitted to the M4 on the delta ring and front handguard cap.

M4 Carbine Handguard (factory)
Category
Handguard
Manufacturer
Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC
Weight
Not recorded
Mounts at
Not recorded

Specification

Everything measured

IdentityWhat it is and who made it.

Category
Handguard
Manufacturer
Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC
Factory part
Yes

FitmentThe interface it offers and the one it needs, rather than a list of guns it claims to fit.

Needs

  • AR-15 delta ring drop-in handguard, carbine length (7 in gas)handguard:ar-delta-ring-carbine

ProvenanceEvery figure above was taken from one of these pages. The confidence reflects how much of the record came from a page a claim can be checked against.

Confidence in this record

90%

Stockists

Where to buy

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Compatibility

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Studio

Every firearm this threads onto, resolved

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API

The call that returns this record

The same fields, in the same units, from the same endpoint the page reads.

curl --request GET \  --url 'https://api.gunspec.io/v1/attachments/m4-factory-handguard' \  --header 'X-API-Key: your_key'
Response
{  "id": "m4-factory-handguard",  "name": "M4 Carbine Handguard (factory)",  "category": "handguard",  "manufacturer": {    "id": "colt",    "name": "Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC"  },  "weight_g": null,  "length_mm": null,  "requires_position": null,  "provides": [],  "requires": [    [      {        "id": "handguard:ar-delta-ring-carbine",        "name": "AR-15 delta ring drop-in handguard, carbine length (7 in gas)",        "kind": "handguard_mount"      }    ]  ]}