AR handguard

[beretta_man11]

guys-
i'm slow when it comes to ARs but i do have a question.
I have a S&W mp15 carbine in 223.
I just bought a 6.8 barrel in rifle length along with the bolt-gas tube.
I want to buy a Hogue free float handguard (m:15008) but i can't tell if it is rifle length or not, do you know?

also- do i need to have any special adapters to mount this handguard to my rifle? (Free float barrel nut?) (tools)

 

[Frank]

Re: AR handguard

Well I went to http://www.hoguestore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16_679&products_id=158 to get you an answer. For the 15008, they do not say what size it is. But they show a pic on a fullsize 20 barrel gun. The other sizes say mid or carbine in the descprition. So feeling fairly safe I would say yes, its for a rifle length.