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Posted: 11/7/2011 11:45:03 AM EDT
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Is it possible to swap out a muzzle device that is pinned on a 14.5" barrel?
I believe I have seen where the old flash hider can be cut off. I am debating buying an upper local to me, 14.5" midlength with pinned vortex. I would like to put an aac black out on to run a can with instead of the vortex. |
| I remove pinned and welded muzzle devices all the time but having a mill helps greatly. I use an end slightly mill larger than the pin and cut away the weld and pin then unscrew the hider If you are doing it at home with little to no equipment then most resort to cutting it off. I have also turned the hider off on the lathe but that was because i could care less about saving the brake the thing had on it. |
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I remove pinned and welded muzzle devices all the time but having a mill helps greatly. I use an end slightly mill larger than the pin and cut away the weld and pin then unscrew the hider If you are doing it at home with little to no equipment then most resort to cutting it off. I have also turned the hider off on the lathe but that was because i could care less about saving the brake the thing had on it. Thanks, I am planning to have a smith do the work since the new device must be pinned anyway. Sounds like I may pursue this upper if it isn't a huge deal to swap around. |
| Shouldn't take him more than 10 minuted to mil out the weld and pin as long as you can see where the pin is. Some manufactures like armalite on their post ban brakes installed the pin across the threads making it much harder to remove with out destroying the muzzle gizmo. That is the one I turned off on the lathe. Hated that brake so it was no loss. |
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Shouldn't take him more than 10 minuted to mil out the weld and pin as long as you can see where the pin is. Some manufactures like armalite on their post ban brakes installed the pin across the threads making it much harder to remove with out destroying the muzzle gizmo. That is the one I turned off on the lathe. Hated that brake so it was no loss. Removing them is easy. Removing them and keeping them in one piece is another. 
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Shouldn't take him more than 10 minuted to mil out the weld and pin as long as you can see where the pin is. Some manufactures like armalite on their post ban brakes installed the pin across the threads making it much harder to remove with out destroying the muzzle gizmo. That is the one I turned off on the lathe. Hated that brake so it was no loss. Removing them is easy. Removing them and keeping them in one piece is another. http://www.adcofirearms.com/detailpics/removed.jpg Doesn't take a lot of effort. 
Since I didn't plan on reusing these I used a endmill larger than needed but I have reused some in the past by making a new pin and welding over it. |
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I understand that it's easy with an endmill, and experience, etc. But considering the cost of setup and wasted device, and an extra pin hole in the muzzle of the barrel... Wouldn't it almost be cost effective to sell the 1st (or keep for a future build) and buy a new barrel? I'm assuming we're not talking about a $1400.00 barrel, here.  I understand that everyone isn't made of money, but the money spent on labor to ruin an existing setup and device would go a long way towards buying new material instead? And the second device was already going to be purchased anyway. Am I really far off in this line of thinking? |
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