Patent attributes
A handguard attachment systems having a handguard with at least one handguard attachment aperture; a barrel nut having at least one registration groove defined by a recess around at least a portion of an outer periphery of the barrel nut; a compression collar having a registration/compression slot formed through the compression collar and at least one compression adjustment aperture formed therethrough, spanning at least a portion of the compression/registration slot; and at least one registration tab, wherein the registration tab is sized so as to be at least partially received within at least a portion of the registration/compression slot and to be at least partially received within at least a portion of the registration groove of the barrel nut, wherein the registration tab includes an alignment aperture formed therethrough, wherein the alignment aperture is sized so as to allow at least one attachment screw to pass therethrough.
