Is this thing needed?, can we just delete it? I replaced my barrel with LRI unit and shoots great but that little flimsy wire ring bugs me. Anyone deleted it??
Ridged split ring halves ("thermal bushing")? Necessary for stock handguard. Thin wire ring that I couldn't tell where it dropped out of when I removed my handguard? Deleted. Asked some RPR handguard manufacturers if it was necessary to replace and they indicated not.