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Posted: 11/23/2016 5:27:22 PM EDT
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Use an old Glock mag or a piece of wood, or a combination of both?
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Posted: 11/23/2016 5:49:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/23/2016 5:58:32 PM EDT
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Buy a promag magazine for it. Thats about all they are good for.
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Posted: 11/23/2016 6:12:04 PM EDT
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I just cut one out of a scrap piece of wood. But I have access to some woodworking equipment.
It doesn't have to be all that fancy. You can get by without cutting a mag catch slot. Match the length/width of a magazine; round off the edges with sandpaper; test fit into magwell; sand it down as necessary. If you want one that allows you to manipulate the action you will need a mag catch slot to keep the bolt from running into the top of your block. After all that next time I'm just using a magazine. Why pay $35 for a mag block when they are on sale at PSA for $12.99? |
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Posted: 11/23/2016 6:23:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I just cut one out of a scrap piece of wood. But I have access to some woodworking equipment. It doesn't have to be all that fancy. You can get by without cutting a mag catch slot. Match the length/width of a magazine; round off the edges with sandpaper; test fit into magwell; sand it down as necessary. If you want one that allows you to manipulate the action you will need a mag catch slot to keep the bolt from running into the top of your block. After all that next time I'm just using a magazine. Why pay $35 for a mag block when they are on sale at PSA for $12.99? Thanks. The vise block that Bergy24 linked above is exactly what I was looking for but I may just buy a cheap mag from PSA and try filling it with epoxy or something to make it more rigid. |
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Posted: 11/23/2016 8:27:17 PM EDT
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I just pad the lower and hold it in a vise. You're not going to need to really crank on it...
Otherwise, a chunk of wood or a cheap (even "sacrificial") magazine would be an easy choice. |
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Posted: 11/23/2016 10:59:14 PM EDT
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I'm not sure you have to fill a spare mag up with epoxy. Maybe for long term multiple uses.
Before I built the wood block I did wrap tape a couple of times around a mag and use it to hold the lower receiver while I was installing the LPK. I didn't do any extensive wrenching on it. It didn't seem to do any damage; the mag worked fine afterward. Of course if you are going to fill it with epoxy you've already written it off anyway. Again, at $12.95 not much of loss. We are hopefully at least 4 years away from a time when we have to start hoarding high-cap magazines again. |
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Posted: 11/25/2016 12:01:27 AM EDT
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Has anyone ordered one of these vice blocks? How did it work??
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Posted: 11/25/2016 2:29:40 AM EDT
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I slapped on a spare grip, padded it up in the vise, and tighten down to where it needed to be and swapped it back to the grip you'll be using permanently.
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Posted: 11/27/2016 2:45:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/27/2016 3:15:37 PM EDT
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Just a tad bit prettier than my trimmed up 2x4... lol
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Posted: 12/1/2016 1:39:59 AM EDT
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When I needed a hammer block when building my 5.56 AR I just went to Harbor Freight and got a cheap cutting board (made of a somewhat forgiving plastic) and cut 3 or 4 L shaped pieces and glued them together with superglue. Then cut with a coping saw/dremel tool, and small belt sander to fit the mag well. I then cut a small mag release slot and a curve to go over the bolt release with the dremel,
Kind of like what this one: (But it could have been made a little longer so that it works as both a hammer block and a vise block) http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/rifle-tools/trigger-tools/ar-15-hammer-drop-block-prod1030.aspx If I can figure out how to post pics that don't need a url I'll put them here... but for now imagine the brownells' tool out of white cutting board (four pieces thick cut to work as a hammer block. Probably would work as a magazine well block as well. |
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Posted: 12/3/2016 5:01:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryReceived mine today. Very nicely made. Fits perfectly. Arrived in 5 days. |
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Posted: 12/4/2016 6:20:15 PM EDT
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Received mine today, I would agree. Very nicely machined.
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Posted: 12/6/2016 12:37:51 PM EDT
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Here is my post in the Equipment Exchange: AR-9 Mag Well Vice Block (Colt & Glock)
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Posted: 12/6/2016 1:24:22 PM EDT
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Received two of these yesterday. Great product and INCREDIBLE service.
Kattman from Michigan |
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Posted: 1/2/2017 1:14:10 PM EDT
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Email me if you want one Jim Skeel
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Posted: 1/2/2017 8:14:30 PM EDT
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I just hold the lower in my left hand while torquing the castle nut with my right hand
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Posted: 1/3/2017 3:23:38 AM EDT
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I've installed many buffer tubes and never used a vice block; I just clamp the lower directly in my vice. I have some plastic vice jaws with magnets that stick to my vice, I think I got them off Amazon, they work great.
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Posted: 1/5/2017 11:15:44 AM EDT
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I just ran one of these cheapies thru the tablesaw up to the angle. It came in very handy with a few broken bolt catches..but those days have passed.
(pic) 
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Posted: 1/5/2017 11:51:35 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/10/2017 10:20:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/18/2017 1:55:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/25/2017 10:58:03 AM EDT
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Just got mine...... VERY NICE! Quick shipped too. Thanks Jim.
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Posted: 2/11/2017 10:46:55 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/18/2017 11:19:09 AM EDT
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I have Colt pattern and Glock pattern AR-9 mag well vice blocks in stock.
Just email me if you need one [email protected] |
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Posted: 3/19/2017 11:01:21 AM EDT
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I have never felt the need to use a lock vice block.
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Posted: 3/20/2017 4:54:11 PM EDT
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sorry, no advertising outside the EE
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