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Posted: 1/1/2004 11:41:53 PM EDT
| When installing a barrel I tighten the barrel nut to about 40 pounds of or so. I may have to loosen it a bit or tighten it a bit to get it lined up with the gas tube. Is this the right way to put a barrel on? The barrels I use have the factory barrel extension on them. This is where the headspace is, right. I dont want to cause a dangerous problem. Thanks |
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Quoted: What is all the equipment necessary to do barrel work? I bought a large hole upper and i'm gonna move the parts from my m4 upper over to it. What all do I need? Armorer's block, barrel wrench, what else? You have to get the gas tube out of the way somehow. You can either 1) use a roll pin punch to remove it from the gas block, draw it back into the upper enought to clear the gas block, and then pull it clear or 2) use standard (or even better, concave) punches to remove the front sight base and pull it clear with the gas tube. If all you're doing is swapping the barrel assembly, you should be set. |
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Quoted: Quoted: What is all the equipment necessary to do barrel work? I bought a large hole upper and i'm gonna move the parts from my m4 upper over to it. What all do I need? Armorer's block, barrel wrench, what else? You have to get the gas tube out of the way somehow. You can either 1) use a roll pin punch to remove it from the gas block, draw it back into the upper enought to clear the gas block, and then pull it clear or 2) use standard (or even better, concave) punches to remove the front sight base and pull it clear with the gas tube. If all you're doing is swapping the barrel assembly, you should be set. I just did that that. I did it the hard way but Tweak had some good advice on how to remove the gas tube the easy way: [url]www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=118&t=177367 [/url] |
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