Abstract: A tourniquet holster is designed to attach to the underside of a rifle stock, particularly for the AR-15 platform and provides easy and rapid access to a tourniquet in emergency situations without hindering the function or operation of the rifle. The tourniquet holster includes a rigid housing formed of opposed left and right sidewalls, a rear wall, and a front wall collectively defining a sleeve channel for storing the tourniquet. Protrusion sidewalls extend forwardly from the front wall and taper to a protrusion front wall to collectively define a protrusion area for storing the elongated windlass handle of the tourniquet. The rigid housing is sized to expose a portion of the tourniquet outside forward and rearward openings of the housing to enable a user to readily grip the tourniquet for removal from the holster.

Abstract: A preferred handguard for a rifle includes a pair of essentially identical half-grip pieces each having an elongated body with a generally triangular lateral cross-section, including two exterior sides and a mating side. The exterior sides of the triangular cross-section are formed substantially at a right angle to each other. The mating side of the triangular cross-section is centrally hollowed and has outer edges that form a mating surface for mating with the other half-grip piece to enclose an air space surrounding a section of the rifle barrel. Longitudinally extending accessory mounting rails are formed on each of the exterior sides and are recessed in the half-grip piece such that the rails are located inside a laterally extended generally semi-octagonal outline defined by an end wall. Removable elastomeric rail covers that replicate the semi-octagonal outline are provided to form a substantially continuous shape with the end wall.