Viking Tactics JP Modular Handguard System

The Viking Tactics Modular Handguard System was designed with the input of special operators from Viking Tactics and other highly experienced military and police officers. With the VTac Modular Handguard System JP has redesigned their previous modular hand guard to offer the best versatility of any hand guard system out there while retaining the light weight and cooling capacity of the original JP hand guard. During the design process for the new V-Tac Modular Hand Guard System, JP made sure to address four key components of an effective rifle setup:

Safety: Depending on the optic/sight setup, it was possible to grab the rifle in such a way as to touch the hot gas tube with the first generation JP hand guard. JP has changed the outer nut design and tube completely shielding this area to prevent this from happening. The new nut also completely covers the transitional area between the receiver and nut, preventing the exposed tube from being crushed if the rifle is dropped on a rock in just the right manner. The chances of this are remote, but in a place like Iraq, anything can happen. A fringe benefit of this new design is the reduction of the thermal optical distortion effect from hot air off the barrel/gas tube rising in front of the scope or sights under calm conditions.

Precision: The tube is now secured to the outer nut with seven flathead screws for a rock solid relationship that will never turn and remain precisely aligned to the upper receiver. Thus, any accessories such as secondary sights, co-witnessed sights or tactical lights stay in precise relationship to the upper receiver improving accuracy and hit probability with those accessories.

Versatility: JP designed full-length rifle and carbine rail systems that extend the upper receiver rail interface forward at 12:00 on the hand guard, allowing for the use of co-witnessed IR equipment, secondary sights or flip-up iron. In fact, there are four rail lengths available, two inch, four inch and full-length carbine and rifle. These accessories allow a rail configuration for virtually any possible accessory combination.

Integrity: This design features a dual-nut system with a 6061 T6 outer receiver extension nut combined with a carbon steel internal barrel retainer nut that can be secured with a standard armorers wrench. This improves the overall structural integrity of the barrel/receiver relationship and makes it possible to achieve a precise 12:00 index of the tube regardless of where the internal nut needs to be for proper torque.

The majority of the hand guard systems on the market have permanent rails at the 6:00, 12:00, 3:00 and 9:00 positions. Typically, you only need one or two sections of rail, and in many cases, they are best utilized at the 1:30 or 10:30 clock positions, not 9:00 and 3:00. Having to deal with the weight and uncomfortable feel of all these rails where you don't need or want them is not acceptable. These are just another example of products designed by people who are not real shooters for customers who just want their gear to look cool and don't actually use it. The V-Tac system allows for complete flexibility. You can use as many rail systems of whatever length makes sense when and where you need them and can forget about rails you don't need.

JPHG-1M full length hand guard (shown with optional JPTR-R top rail and JPTR-S Short Rail Kit positioned at 9:00)

Free floating tubular hand guards for the AR15 offer the greatest improvement in accuracy of any single modification. In addition to overall accuracy improvement, point of impact will not change regardless of how the rifle is being shot, whether with a bipod, sling or hand held. Assuming a good barrel and ammunition, it's not uncommon for accuracy to improve from 1.5 -2.0 MOA to sub-MOA with a properly installed free float tube.

The V-Tac modular hand guard is designed as a complete system to improve not only the accuracy but the handling characteristics and utility of the rifle. The floating studs included allow complete flexibility in bipod positioning, whether all the way out for maximum stability or all the way in next to the receiver for fastest possible target indexing. Extra studs allow for proper tactical sling setup as well.

JPHG-5M mid-length hand guard for 16" barrels with mid-length gas system or can be used to cover the gas block on a carbine system.

Two-piece design makes for an easy installation with a standard armorers wrench with proper torque as opposed to a strap wrench on one-piece tubes. There's no need to drill unsightly holes for studs that may not align after disassembly/reassembly of the tube system. All accessories can be quickly relocated at will. The radical tapered nut and superb metal finishing make this the finest tube on the market. The ventilated, fluted design is also 20% lighter than standard tubes and also makes this the coolest running tube in terms of heat dissipation. Posigrip center portion assures non-slip grip regardless of weather conditions.

JPHG-4M carbine-length hand guard

The standard finish on all hand guards is non-glare matte black. Each kit includes two sliding studs for sling or bipod attachment, except for the carbine length, which includes one. There is also a tapped 10-32 hole at 6:00 center for a permanent stud.

Specifications:

• Inside Diameter: 1.75"
• Outside Diameter: 2.00"
• Overall Length: 12.500"
• Weight: 15 oz
  Mid-Length:
• Inside Diameter: 1.75"
• Outside Diameter: 2.00"
• Overall Length: 9.125"
• Weight:
  Carbine Length:
• Inside Diameter: 1.75"
• Outside Diameter: 2.00"
• Overall Length: 7.125"
• Weight:

The product numbering system functions in the following manner:
The number refers to the length of the tube. #1 for rifle length, #4 is carbine length and the #5 is for the mid length. The letters refer to the type barrel nut assembly required by a type of rifle with "M" refering to any AR-15 variant.