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Posted: 7/12/2011 8:09:25 PM EDT
| So i now have a Bravo Company upper coming in the mail and i want to install a midwest free float rail on it. I dont plan on doing this job very often so its hard to justify buying a vise, block and torque wrench. Is there a way do doing this job reliably for less. any suggestions appreciated. |
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Or how about a rail like the DD Omega? ... you don't have to remove anything from the rifle except the stock hand guards.
http://www.weaponevolution.com/forum/showthread.php?65-Daniel-Defense-OMEGA-Rail-install-guide-and-pictorial-review |
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Or how about a rail like the DD Omega? ... you don't have to remove anything from the rifle except the stock hand guards. http://www.weaponevolution.com/forum/showthread.php?65-Daniel-Defense-OMEGA-Rail-install-guide-and-pictorial-review Is there an echo in here? 
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Or how about a rail like the DD Omega? ... you don't have to remove anything from the rifle except the stock hand guards. http://www.weaponevolution.com/forum/showthread.php?65-Daniel-Defense-OMEGA-Rail-install-guide-and-pictorial-review Is there an echo in here? LOL ... I didn't see that at the end of your response.
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Thanks for the advise. I think im just going to bite the bullet and save up for the tools.
Do you think a workbench like this will work as a suitable vise? |
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buy the tools, they are a cheap investment. you dont NEED the torque wrench, but it is good to have one. they are pricey. its an easy job to install a FF rail though. i used to build AK's and thought they were easy, but time consuming... a blind monkey could assemble an AR.
plus if you take it to a smith, they are gonna charge you out the ass, and you could have just bought the tools. |
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Midway has a cheap upper receiver block for $30. Get a Troy TRX Extreme rail (pretty affordable) and it comes with a barrel nut wrench ($30 savings?) Torque wrench w/ ft/lb settings can be bought at a store like Harbor Freight for $20, and it's useful for other things too (like car tires...) |
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Ive decided to buy the tools, i may not use them often but its probably nice to have. I figure a gunsmith would charge me what the tools cost for 20 mins of work.
This vise block looks like a good deal. Would this folding workbench work as the vise? I figure it would but want to make sure. It would fit in my house better then a big table bolt vise. |
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Ive decided to buy the tools, i may not use them often but its probably nice to have. I figure a gunsmith would charge me what the tools cost for 20 mins of work. This vise block looks like a good deal. Would this folding workbench work as the vise? I figure it would but want to make sure. It would fit in my house better then a big table bolt vise. I'd use something larger than that folding table. They're not that heavy and you start putting torque on a barrel nut it might want to tip. Something solid to mount a bench vise to would be adviseable, as in nearly permanently installed. |
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I put off buying the tools as well, but then I decided to get them for the same reason you did. Best decision I ever made. seriously it is. I have now built two uppers from the ground up and worked on and changed out 3 other uppers. It's a lot of fun.
You will need a heavier bench than a folding one. Check your local goodwill or salvation army stores for a used bench or butchers block. There are plenty of simple bolt together bench plans online, and I'd say go that route. Until then, I believe an Arfcommer used a thick section of 2'x2' wood and bolted the vice up to that. Then stood on it to anchor it when using the torque wrench for the barrel nut. |
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Get the Blox Works block set from Spikes. It is the best one. I will buy one to replace my other when I start building again. MAHA this vise block? |
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Get the Blox Works block set from Spikes. It is the best one. I will buy one to replace my other when I start building again. MAHA this vise block? Thats it. I know there was a "x" in it some where. MAHA |
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Get the Blox Works block set from Spikes. It is the best one. I will buy one to replace my other when I start building again. MAHA this vise block? Thats it. I know there was a "x" in it some where. MAHA Do you mount it side ways in the vise using a wood board to keep from scratching the rail when using a Block Worx Upper Vise Block for removing the barrel?? |
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