I am just afraid that it will end up staying too well, and if it does, then I wouldn't have a way of loosening it without spinning the barrel because the shroud would be underneath the handguard. BTW, I really like the look of the shrouds that fit inside the handguard. I wish the handguard was easily removed. I would change mine, but I have the APG version of the rifle. If I had the black version of our rifle, I would have chucked the handguard by now and replaced it with an M4 type handguard.