CAR Skinny Single-Insulated Carbine Handguard - 7 hole

The CAR Skinny Single-Insulated Carbine Handguard — also known as the "skinny" handguard — is the factory-pattern round polymer set used on early CAR-15 carbines and the USAF GAU-5 family. Made by DoubleStar, a long-time USGI contractor, these are the correct geometry for a clone-correct retro build where the oval double-insulated Colt M4 handguards would be wrong for the era.

• Clone-correct for GAU-5 and early CAR-15 builds — round profile, single aluminum heat shield
• Seven-hole vent pattern matching the original skinny handguard spec
• Black polymer with single aluminum insulation — not the double-insulated M4 oval pattern
• Fits M4 and AR-15 rifles with a front sight base and M4 handguard cap

The distinction matters: Colt's M4 handguards are oval and double-insulated; the skinny is round and single-insulated. If the build is a CAR-15, GAU-5, or any period carbine before the M4 oval profile became standard, this is the part. DoubleStar and Ace have been supplying USGI-pattern polymer furniture for decades, and the quality shows in the fit around the delta ring and M4 cap.

We keep these skinny handguards on the shelf because every retro CAR-15 and GAU-5 build needs them. Order yours today — we'll get it out the door fast.