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Posted: 11/17/2009 1:55:09 PM EDT

A fellow arcommer kindly sent me a Type D (no buttstock trap) buttstock for my NDS XM-16E1 clone. I removed the Fulton Armory A1 stock I had on it

and started to put on the type D stock. I noticed it was extremely tight going onto the buffer tube. So tight that like an idiot I hammered it home with a

rubber hammer. Of course the takedown detent spring got bent to the side and part of it is hanging out. Problem is there is now no way I can even

budge the stock back off. Am I gonna have to cut off the buffer tube or something? HELP!

Posted: 11/17/2009 2:00:22 PM EDT

[#1]

I am pretty sure you could pull the stock back off..

cant you fix the rifle in a vice block and pull the stock, maybe rotating it a bit to get it move ?

Cutting the buffer tube seems too radical at this point.

Posted: 11/17/2009 2:02:05 PM EDT

[#2]

try your freezer aluminum contracts a lot when its cold. maybe it will slide off.

Posted: 11/17/2009 2:04:06 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
try your freezer aluminum contracts a lot when its cold. maybe it will slide off.

i second this suggestion

Posted: 11/17/2009 2:05:36 PM EDT

[#4]

I've had luck using a rubber mallet against the underside of the stock, tapping against the angle to get it started. Once started, I used the same mallet against the lip that should now be exposed...

Posted: 11/17/2009 2:06:13 PM EDT

[#5]

Ok, i'll try it, but the tube isn't aluminum

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