Colt M4 Handguard Wobbly - Cause?

[thepossiblehuman]

I have a Colt 14.5" M4 Upper (welded flash hider for 16") on a pre-ban lower. I got a 7" Daniel Defense quad rail hand guard for it, but I've run into a problem. It's really wobbly. It seems tight at the delta ring, but there is a small gap (pic attached) at the front sight. What is the fix for that? Can I just move the front sight assembly down the barrel a fraction of an inch to tighten it up, or do I need to get some type of other ring/filler to put in the gap? Obviously I'm no expert.

 

[thepossiblehuman]

Fixed it. That's what I get for not reading installation instructions my first time through. There are 4 screws at the delta ring end that I had to tighten with an allen wrench.

 

[WaldoOneFive]

Yep.. Tighten the top two first until you feel pressue.. the the bottom two.. Then tighten each in the even pattern.. etc etc.

To answer your other question: There is no fix for the gap at the front. Daniel Defense made the Omega rails, and a few of there other rails that "annoying" lenth in my opinion.

I have the midlength on a rifle now, with the same gap. It is what it is..

 

[Admin]

Fixed it. That's what I get for not reading installation instructions my first time through. There are 4 screws at the delta ring end that I had to tighten with an allen wrench.

Yes, I have two of those Omega rails, one on my Noveske and one on my Colt and they are both very tight. Now lets see a pic of the whole rifle.

 

[Amicus]

I was going to ask if you had maxed out the allen head screws, but then I read the second post. I like the Omega rail (and I usually don't like rail systems at all).

As Derek writes, let's see the whole.

 

[thepossiblehuman]

It's still not finished yet. I have to throw a collapsible stock on that baby and add some optics.

 

[Admin]

Tease

 

[WaldoOneFive]

I've been holding out on posting pics of my rifles just because they are missing "one or two" things, ie: BAD lever on one, rear sight on another... lol

All my AR's always seem to be never-ending "projects" that change weekly..

 

[thepossiblehuman]

Here's a pick I do have. I need to grab a collapsible stock and that's a FACOG. I think I'll end up with an EOTech. Still undecided between that and Aimpoint. I can use my Magtech BUIS until then.