[nomad]

Took my new rock river 6.8 out today I ordered it with a hogue aluminum free float tube. The thing gets very hot after about 100 rounds. Does anyone make or can anyone suggest some sort of wrap around to put over it.

 

[ccoker]

good to know it gets hit, I have a standard metal free float tube on my 5.56 Sabre
it gets too hot to touch

seen people wrap paracord around them, never tried it myself though

 

[ArtFWTx]

That's a good question. I would think you'd want the heat to dissipate instead of insulating the tube and holding the heat in. Shooting gloves may help.

How about adding a YHM railed forend thats vented, affordable, and reliable? Then sell off the Hogue to someone to offset the difference?

 

[ccoker]

I have a carbon tube on one and a standard al freefloat tube on the other
the carbon gets warm but not hot, though I haven't put as many rounds as quickly through it (6.8 vs 5.56)

I have one of the Troy Extremes coming for my new 6.8 upper and assuming I like it may get one for my 5.56 as well as it gets more extended shooting sessions through it

 

[Bushman_269]

I have a carbon tube on one and a standard al freefloat tube on the other
the carbon gets warm but not hot, though I haven't put as many rounds as quickly through it (6.8 vs 5.56)

I have one of the Troy Extremes coming for my new 6.8 upper and assuming I like it may get one for my 5.56 as well as it gets more extended shooting sessions through it

I had a PRI carbon fiber tube on one of my AR's and can tell you that they do get HOT if you leave them out in the sun for a while! They do have cooling vents in the tube to dissipate barrel heat unlike the Hogue or Bushmaster Vmatch tubes.

 

[marinesg1012]

Gloves is what i would sugest