Quote Originally Posted by 2manymustangs View Post
Weight is one of the main reasons I like the A1/A2 uppers versus a flat top... I was amazed at the weight difference... I have a 300AAC carbine that I built for deer hunting and wanted to keep it light, I am going to have a floating front hand guard but made out of carbon fiber tube using the JP floating hand guard BARREL NUT design ( guard attaches to the barrel nut with six pan head cap screws...
Those older barrels are a lot lighter. That's where a lot of the weight savings comes from. Most of mine have heavier barrels than the pencil barrel that's on my dad's gun.