can someone tell me what a barrel shroud is?

[METAL MONKEY]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryCe4yoRVaA&mode=related&search=

:confused1

a friend forwarded this to me. i know there is probably a lot of this in congress, but it is amusing to have it pointed out on national tv. i'm not exactly sure what position she is in, but she needs to do some more homework other than "it's a shoulder thing that goes up".

[MT Mike]

Barrel shroud

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An AR-10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AR-10) rifle with a shrouded barrel.


A barrel shroud is a covering attached to the barrel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_barrel) of a firearm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm), that partially or completely encircles the barrel, that allows the bearer to hold the firearm with his or her non-trigger hand without being burned. Slides (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_slide) or extensions of the stock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_%28firearm%29) that do not fully encircle the barrel are generally not considered barrel shrouds. They are commonly featured on heavy machine gun barrels, along with a carrying handle, as to better allow the operator to swap barrels.
Barrel shrouds have little if any effect on the ballistic performance of the weapon to which they are installed other than offering an additional grip to help control recoil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recoil).
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[METAL MONKEY]

sorry MTNXJ, I know what a shroud is. I was being sarcastic.