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- noun A
guard you put in the front of yourweapon to improvehand andfinger protection . It also gives room for moreattachments to the weapon itself.
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Examples
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The second complaint is about the forward handguard, which is made of sheet metal.
NYT > Home Page By C.J. CHIVERS 2010
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The second complaint is about the forward handguard, which is made of sheet metal.
NYT > Home Page By C.J. CHIVERS 2010
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The DDXV is the standard handguard model and the midlength handguard model is coming but doesn't have a title yet.
Can anyone recommend a brand to go with for an AR-style rifle? 2009
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The DDXV is the standard handguard model and the midlength handguard model is coming but doesn't have a title yet.
Can anyone recommend a brand to go with for an AR-style rifle? 2009
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This they explained away with laconic bemusement, observing that the break occurred while moving a stubborn prisoner, and “the soldier concerned had placed the handguard against a VC head with considerable force.”
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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I don't see anything wrong with a handguard or any other safety feature on a knife sharpener.
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It was a storage mechanism, not a fighting or a ceremonial one and it meant no tsuba had been affixed, for the tsuba, the handguard that kept the fingers off the sharpness of the blade and caught opposing blades as they slid down toward the hands, was a fighting accouterment or—many were extraordinary works of art in their own right—an esthetic device.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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The handguard—tsuba—was a heavy circle of iron, like an ornate coaster almost.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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It was a storage mechanism, not a fighting or a ceremonial one and it meant no tsuba had been affixed, for the tsuba, the handguard that kept the fingers off the sharpness of the blade and caught opposing blades as they slid down toward the hands, was a fighting accouterment or—many were extraordinary works of art in their own right—an esthetic device.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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The handguard—tsuba—was a heavy circle of iron, like an ornate coaster almost.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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