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Posted: 5/14/2011 6:45:21 AM EDT
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I watched a video where the user took off their MOE hand guards, and wanted to free float their rifle. So they moved moved the front site post forward a few inches, took out the gas tube, then used a pair of snippers to cut off the front handguard cap. Then they used a dremel to cut the delta ring in two places and pull it off, then the same for the pieces underneath the delta ring (just the spring and clip, not the barrel nut).
Seems like it worked out really well, but it appears to be kind of a hack way to do it, no? |
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I watched a video where the user took off their MOE hand guards, and wanted to free float their rifle. So they moved moved the front site post forward a few inches, took out the gas tube, then used a pair of snippers to cut off the front handguard cap. Then they used a dremel to cut the delta ring in two places and pull it off, then the same for the pieces underneath the delta ring (just the spring and clip, not the barrel nut). Seems like it worked out really well, but it appears to be kind of a hack way to do it, no? Maybe the FH was pinned? |
| the only reason i could imagine why the user would want to remove these items in this manner, would be becuase the muzle break had been pinned and welded... there for the gas block could not come off all the way becuase it would not clear the muzzle break,... there for the user would have to cut away the items as described... a free float tube depending on the gas block should be able to clear everything else... if the muzzle break was able to twist off like normal... then i would just take everything off properly and put it back on properly... if not, then i would imagine the above desc.. would be a way to do it... but, not the best way... if at all posible i would try to remove or have the muzzle break removed... and then go about removing everything else in the proper manner... how ever like in the video you watched i guess... it would work.. if need be... |
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I used this method when installing a Troy rail. I cut the gas block down and grinded it to fit under the rail. Then cut the delta ring off. It takes about 20 minutes and I can install the rail without removing the barrel nut or gas block.
If you know you won't need the delta ring, there's no reason not to it this way. You're just cutting a few dollars worth of parts and there's very little risk of damaging anything else. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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