Talk:Barrel shroud

message: So very wrong. Barrel shrouds have nothing to do with cooling, they are a safety device to cover hot barrels. No modern barrel needs a radiator attached, air cooling does fine. That and there is no real way they could help as most don't even touch the barrel and thus cannot use conduction to help cool the barrel. 58.7.232.34 (talk) 06:06, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you're so confident, then the solution is simple: Change it yourself. Shreditor (talk) 04:01, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Eh, can't be assed. I'd have to get sources, completely rewrite it ect. Just letting you know. Incidentally, Lewis gun, look it up. 58.7.232.34 (talk) 00:38, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Corrected article and added source. 68.146.22.175 (talk) 01:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Both of you are wrong.  A barrel shroud is a shoulder thing that goes up.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.245.195.239 (talk) 21:52, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article is wrong 

message: I removed this statement:
The barrel shroud is a feature normally found only on military-style firearms. Its primary purpose is to allow the shooter to grasp the barrel and sweep the weapon from side to side while firing rapidly -- called a "spray fire" technique -- without burning his or her hands. It also helps to stabilize the weapon during rapid firing. 
This is POV, straight from the Brady Campaign website.  While I have no particular problem with that, the statement is meant to inspire emotion, rather than convey fact.  The primary purpose of the barrel shroud is to protect the shooter's hand from a hot barrel - it has nothing to do with "spray firing".  A barrel can heat up to the point that it will burn flesh after only a few rounds.  SupaDane 00:27, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly, there are a lot of weapons that have barrelshrouds that aren't even fully automatic. Atzel 19:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

text: The function of the barrel shroud is no different than the function of the forestock on any vaguely rifle-like weapon: to serve as a place for the user to hold/stabilize the weapon with their off-hand. Do the gun control whackos think people ordinarily fire rifles one-handed??? — NRen2k5 13:43, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed POV statement 

message: Forgive me for asking, but where does this term come from?  I used to assume that "barrel shroud" was just another term for "heat shield" (such as air-cooling on some machine guns), but wasn't actually gripped by the user.  Is it the combination of a hand guard and heat shield?  --UnneededAplomb 00:30, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say barrel shroud is a generic term for anything covering the barrel to shield the operator.  Some firearms are designed to be supported from the hand guard/barrel shroud/heat shield, others are not.  It has nothing to do with rate of fire (bolt action rifles will heat up just as easily, and they will never be accused of having a high rate of fire) , but everything to do with safety. SupaDane (talk) 16:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origins of Term 

message: The gun in the picture doesn't have a barrel shroud. That is a handguard.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.78.96 (talk) 05:43, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A Tec-9 (with a barrel shroud, of course) would make for a good picture.--38.100.3.72 (talk) 19:13, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: Why were my changes reverted?  Change them back, and now.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.245.195.239 (talk) 22:27, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  I actually added a citation, of which none exist for this article. 

message: I am by no means an expert on firearms, though I do own a rifle. Is it just me, or is the whole basis and definition of this article wrong? I always thought the purpose of a barrel shroud was to conduct heat away for cooling the barrel in high rate-of-fire weapons, such as those seen on medium machineguns like the MG-34.  It couldn't be for a hand-hold, because that's what the foregrip is for.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shreditor (talk • contribs) 21:34, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All this back and forth about the use of them. In some cases like air cooled machine guns they are for cooling and in some cases of compact Semiautomatics or full auto sub machine guns they are used as a foregrip, see the PLR-16 page for an example. The most telling part of the function is the material used. If it is metal it is likely for cooling, if it is plastic or composite it is likely for protection from a hot barrel. 71.112.23.3 (talk) 23:11, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The barrel shroud generally doesn't come into direct contact with the barrel, and thus won't be heated by it. Metal shrouds work just as well for use as a foregrip as plastic/composite ones. 75.76.213.106 (talk) 07:38, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: On firearms with a dedicated foregrip the barrel shroud is simply to keep the operator from bumping against a hot barrel accidentally. Diraphe (talk) 01:43, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Purpose of barrel shrouds

message: I don't think a pundit like Glenn Beck is a good source, especially from a book titled "Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government" 209.66.65.188 (talk) 02:48, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Glenn Beck?