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Posted: 6/26/2011 6:25:58 PM EDT
| Is it possible to remove a flash hider that has been pinned? If so, how can it be done. (I need to replace the flash hider due to damage.) |
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yes.......grind away the weld.....build up with a tig on top of the pin pull it...and if it isn't too distorted unscrew the supressor.
Or if you have acess to a lathe...chuck the barrel as close to the supressor as possible and turn it down till it is just larger than the major diameter of the thread....around .550........you will also want to face it off to where you can get a live center in the muzzle of the actual barrel. Re set up so it is running between a chuck and a live center...prefferably a 4 jaw so you can indicate it in....and turn down the remnant a few thousandths at a pass till you can pretty much peel it off.... |
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HERE go to the portion that says "Remove your permanently attached muzzle device" |
while the caveman approach depicted there may work...I cringed at the part about splitting the comp with a cold chisel.....the thought of the compressive loads and possible distortion damage to the muzzle crown make that a less than desirable method.....Just my opinion......only been gunsmithing/machinist for 40 years so what do I know?
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Just work slowly and steadily to cut into FH along 2 opposite sides, taking care not to cut into barrel threads.
Then use a large flat head screwdriver and pry (twist) FH apart. The flash hider will be destroyed. I have accomplished this with a dremel (since we all don't have access to lathes and such). |
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Wow! Sounds like lot of work! Thanks, guys.  That's why they call it permanent. 
I've was wanting to build a 14.5" with a permanently attached flash hider but got a little scared off because because it was my first build and I wasn't sure what I was going to add to it at the time.. Now that my first build is out of the way I'll probably go that way with the second. Take your time and I'm sure you can do it. Good luck! 
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