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| The ARMY way according to the manual is the Buddy Method... but my buddy (wife) was not too much help. There is also a tool you can buy or make but I've never used one. I have found that a couple loops of Paracord with slip-knots help. slip the knots over the delta ring with the loose ends on either side of the rifle... snug 'em up then pull them toward the back. Good Luck! |
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The way I do it is remove the upper from the lower and sit the rear of the upper on my leg vertically with the sights pointing towards my left.Get a choke hold on the delta ring from the underside of the upper with my right hand and pull the delta ring down,then I remove the handgaurds with my left. With that said this may not work for everybody...Im a ham fisted,corn fed country boy. |
A quick improvised tool is to use a pair of 'channel-lock' pliers that have plastic coated handles. Just close the handles around the delta ring and squeeze and pull down, then have your buddy pull the hardguards free. Wish I had a picture, but I think you know what I mean. Works for me. 
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I'll betcha you couldn't remove my M500A without a tool. In fact, I only bought the tool because I couldn't. Once I had the tool, I started using it all the time because it works so good. 
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Maybe I just have more money then sence? Or maybe I'm new to this like I stated in my first post and wanted learn the best way to do it. To each his own! I may not be a  but I find the right tool to do the job. I don't know but I take my guns apart often to clean them inside and out. Thanks for the input!!!!JeremyD 
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I usually don't have a problem pulling the ring back by hand , but I have an RRA carbine that forced me to buy the tool . It actually bent the tool arms compressing the ring . One of these days I plan to put a float tube on it and be done with it ....... But first I have to get over my recent 5.45 AK kick |
GREAT INFO!!!! I just made one out of 1/4" Square SS. I welded it up a little and sandblasted to make it a bit prettier!!! It took me about 45mins, and I used a 29 1/2" long piece. Now I just need to get some rubber!!! I will post a pic later. |
Now that you mention it, the problem I had with my M500A was on a RRA carbine. |
| They are longer, but they should be supported down the sides where the halves touch with "bumps and cups" that interlock. But it is normal for them to move around a slight bit, same with carbine/M4 guards. If it bothers you, you can use a bit of black rubber innertube, or wind it with a little paracord. Sometimes it helps to trim off all the flashing (extra plastic on the edges that seeped through the mold halves) to make it fit as snugly together as possible, and so the handguard cup and delta ring can get the maximum grip on each end. |
| I did as you said, trimmed the little burrs off with a razor. One thing I noticed and remembered reading about in Bushmasters catalog is that my rifle (20) has fiberglass handguards, while the 16" rifle I was comparing it to has platic. I guess that is the main reason why they feel different. |
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Best deal I've seen so far... At this price, it's not really worth my time to make one... So I ordered it and it arrived within days. This guy is posting several different items in EE. DSG Arms HRT for $10 |
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