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Posted: 5/10/2007 2:49:34 PM EDT
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I don't quite know which upper receiver block to go with because they both seem so different in they way they function to hold the upper in place. I will be using it to change out a barrel. The two I am referring to are sold by PKFireams and the other is sold by BravoCompany. Any recommendations? Thank you, ~Dj |
Why would it not be used for that? It fully supports the receiver from inside. The lugs are NOT bearing the torque. This is not the case on the PRI or Adco blocks though. You would not want to use those without turning them sideways in a vise like this:  If the DPMS Claw can't be used for swapping barrels, you had better tell Denny and I that we have been doing it all wrong... 
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The DPMS block works just fine for A1/A2 receivers as well because it supports the receiver from the inside. All the different receivers are the SAME on the inside. |
As did I until last year when I bought one of the DPMS 308 claws. I used it on a couple uppers and decided it was a quantum leap from the Brownells block I was currently using. I immediatly bought an AR-15 sized DPMS Claw as well and I have not used the Brownells block once since then. |
The difference you will notice will probably depend on how many uppers you tear down and rebuild. I average a dozen or so a week so I probably appreciate some little things that you might not notice if you are only doing a dozen a year. One particular thing nice is that you can install LaRue handguards without having to modify the block. The Brownells block needed heavy dremel work. |
Bownells may be cheaper than DPMS (by $0.05), but DPMS offers free shipping on online purchases over a certain dollar amount, $25 I believe. |
Ok, you don't know the secret. Brownells gives a dealer/Mil/LEO price (discount).Anybody can get the discount. It's all about how you fill out your profile/registration. Stock # 231-000-157 TL-PRC AR15 UPPER RECEIVER BLOCK (Panther™ Receiver Claw) Retail price 49.90, Unit price(mine) 39.93. a savings of $9.97  Brownells has always been good to me. DPMS not so much.Now you know. |
The discount is for dealer/Mil/LEO, not just anyone. If you don't fit into those three categories and you have filled out your profile/registration in such a way to make Brownells think that you somehow DO fit into those categories, then you are mis-representing yourself. Other people might also call that lying.
DPMS is better to me on DPMS products... Dealer price from DPMS is 28.65 on the Claw. Anyone with a firearms business can become a DPMS dealer too.
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DPMS wouldn't give me a dealers discount for having a C&R or being MIL or a traders license/ tax id number. I don't sell/buy enough stuff. For one or two parts Brownells works for me, plus they have everything I could use. Last order had my two M1 stocks,mark brown M16 gas tube wrench, hy-tech mag block,jointer tool,and three new taps. DPMS didn't have what I needed. My 01 had to send my two DPMS rifles back for me. They did replace them, just took time. But the DPMS receiver block is the shit I still kept my aluminum barrel blocksATB |
I order from Brownells a lot too. It's especially convienent when you need one or two pieces from 3 or 4 different companies. You are going to love that Mark Brown gas tube wrench. It's WAY WAY WAY better than vise grips at pulling a gas tube. See the tacked thread in the pistol calibers forum for the modifcations I did to the hytech block to get it working better. |
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