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Posted: 2/19/2010 3:13:45 PM EDT
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I am going to get a DPMS claw upper receiver block but I'm not sure which AR wrench/multi tool to get.
Is the one that AIM has any good? http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=XARTool&groupid=55 |
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I use a GI wrench from Model 1. Cheap. Works fine.
Model 1 GI barrel wrench |
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+1 on the GI wrench. I have 2 of them, one is stock, on the other I knocked out the 3 pins and cut some longer ones from drill stock. This modified wrench allows me to reach down into the deeper FF barrel nuts to engage the drilled gas tube holes and avoid using a strap wrench on the outside. |
DPMS Multitool for the win. The GI tool only engages 3 notches on the nut, so it has a tendency to slip and rip up barrel nuts. Ask me how I know this.  On the other hand, the DPMS Multitool grabs about 75% of the notches, reducing the stress on each one. The 1/2" socket adapter in the Multitool is exactly where it needs to be (as in "the same as the GI wrench") for accurate barrel nut torquing.
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DPMS Multitool for the win. The GI tool only engages 3 notches on the nut, so it has a tendency to slip and rip up barrel nuts. Ask me how I know this. On the other hand, the DPMS Multitool grabs about 75% of the notches, reducing the stress on each one. The 1/2" socket adapter in the Multitool is exactly where it needs to be (as in "the same as the GI wrench") for accurate barrel nut torquing.+1 along with DPMS's action block is the way to go IMO. |
I would stick with the American Tactical Wrench from AIM, I have one and they cover all applications, Free Float tube nuts, Barrel nuts(delta ring), both types of carbine stock nuts etc. These are the best wrench for the $$ and they are very heavy duty.
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I would stick with the American Tactical Wrench from AIM, I have one and they cover all applications, Free Float tube nuts, Barrel nuts(delta ring), both types of carbine stock nuts etc. These are the best wrench for the $$ and they are very heavy duty. http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj420/quiktrigger/guntechwrench003.jpg http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj420/quiktrigger/guntechwrench004.jpg looks better than the DPMS armorers wrench i just bought. |
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I would stick with the American Tactical Wrench from AIM, I have one and they cover all applications, Free Float tube nuts, Barrel nuts(delta ring), both types of carbine stock nuts etc. These are the best wrench for the $$ and they are very heavy duty. http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj420/quiktrigger/guntechwrench003.jpg http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj420/quiktrigger/guntechwrench004.jpg looks better than the DPMS armorers wrench i just bought. Looks better than the Brownells as well. Never did like the slick finish. Great, another damn tool 
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I would stick with the American Tactical Wrench from AIM, I have one and they cover all applications, Free Float tube nuts, Barrel nuts(delta ring), both types of carbine stock nuts etc. These are the best wrench for the $$ and they are very heavy duty.] Well, I just ordered one. I hope it's worth it. Their shipping seems pretty outrageous. Hard to say, I suppose. 12.95 to ship a 27.95 tool. But possibly a heavy tool. I'll try to comment on how it works for me when it gets here. Time to get off my duff and order that free-float tube now, to use the wrench on. |
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DPMS Multitool for the win. The GI tool only engages 3 notches on the nut, so it has a tendency to slip and rip up barrel nuts. Ask me how I know this. On the other hand, the DPMS Multitool grabs about 75% of the notches, reducing the stress on each one. The 1/2" socket adapter in the Multitool is exactly where it needs to be (as in "the same as the GI wrench") for accurate barrel nut torquing.+1, although the only time my 3-pin GI one did this is when I was using too much torque. I thought it was just shy of lining up on the next tooth, but in reality I was well over spec on torque. That's what I get for using a breaker bar instead of a torque wrench. Anyhow, I bought the $25 multitool from CDNN and it locked onto that stripped barrel nut just fine. It's now the third nut wrench I have. The other is the DPMS tool for free-float forends (two Allen heads for pins). Wait - four nut wrenches if you count my wife. |
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I goofed up a barrel nut trying to take it OFF with a GI wrench. The very next time I had a chance, I picked up the DPMS tool at a gun show and didn't look back. I haven't hurt a barrel nut or a barrel - or my hands! - since then.
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DPMS Multitool for the win. The GI tool only engages 3 notches on the nut, so it has a tendency to slip and rip up barrel nuts. Ask me how I know this. On the other hand, the DPMS Multitool grabs about 75% of the notches, reducing the stress on each one. The 1/2" socket adapter in the Multitool is exactly where it needs to be (as in "the same as the GI wrench") for accurate barrel nut torquing.+1, although the only time my 3-pin GI one did this is when I was using too much torque. I thought it was just shy of lining up on the next tooth, but in reality I was well over spec on torque. That's what I get for using a breaker bar instead of a torque wrench. |
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