No Vietnam-era M16A1 clone is complete without the correct triangle handguards. These are the original A1-pattern asymmetric handguards — left and right halves that are not interchangeable, with the distinctive triangular cross-section and integral aluminum heat shield that Colt and the other TDP contractors built for over two decades.
Charlie's M16A1 Retro Triangle Handguard Set is a faithful reproduction of the GI handguards that issued with every M16A1 from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s. Fiber-reinforced polymer construction, correct texture, correct heat shield, and the correct slip-ring fit on a standard rifle-length front sight base and delta ring. Ships as a matched left-and-right set in black.
Original USGI A1 handguards are getting harder to find and more expensive every year. This reproduction set lets you finish your Vietnam-era clone — SP1, XM177 rifle-length, or early A1 — without hunting parts forums for matched originals. They look right, they index right, and they will not crack like weathered GI plastic.
The right handguard for an honest A1 clone. Order yours today and finish your Vietnam-era build.
