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11/7/2003 1:53:19 PM EDT
Hi!  I read some of the posts here with interest, and I have a question.

I would like to install a free-float front handguard on my ArmaLite A4 upper.  Problem is the muzzle brake.  As you probably know, the ArmaLite rifles come with a rather efficient brake on the front.

It is hard to remove?  Is it welded or blind-pinned?  Is this something I can do myself, or would I be ahead just to buy a different upper?
11/8/2003 5:28:55 AM EDT
[#1]
Don't quote me on this, but because the Armalite front sight base is a bolt-on (not pinned) I think it will spread enough to clear your muzzle break.
11/9/2003 12:36:11 PM EDT
[#2]
Even if  you can get the sight off, good luck getting a FF handguard assembly on ithout removing the brake.  How else would you get the old barrel nut off and the new one on?

I was going to buy a mid-length 16"  barrel for myv pre-ban project until I learned that Armalite barrels muzzle brakes are pinned and pressed.

Bummer, huh?
11/9/2003 4:19:08 PM EDT
[#3]
Thats a bad thing about Armalite...that stupid brake.
My Armalite barrel was threaded AND pinned. They didn't want that sucker falling off or anything.

Rick
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