DO the free float handguard barrel nuts have a larger inside diameter than a regular barrel nut? I am trying to use a bull barrel, which a regular barrel nut won't fit.
Posted: 5/8/2013 10:22:27 AM EDT
[#1]
I think they're going to be the same, +/- normal variance in manufacturing. My understanding is most nuts should fit most bull barrels, but if they're made a little on the tight side they may not fit without opening it up a little. How far off is it ?
Posted: 5/8/2013 11:48:42 AM EDT
[#2]
I'm confused. Are you asking about free float rails/ tubes for a bull barrel? Or which companies use a proprietary nut that can accommodate a bull barrel?
Posted: 5/8/2013 11:54:55 AM EDT
[#3]
The barrel nut goes around the receiver. The receiver goes around the barrel. How can it not fit? I know the core 15 super up barrel nut will not work with Troy alpha rails.
Posted: 5/8/2013 11:58:18 AM EDT
[#4]
i know when i had a polymer bushmaster carbon 15...(lower and upper was polymer) the barrel nut that was on the gun was oversized and would not fit a standard upper receiver...but other than that, im clueless of what he means.
Posted: 5/8/2013 11:59:35 AM EDT
[#5]
wait..i think i understand him...he wants to know if the free float barrel nuts will fit over a bull barrel because a standard ar15 barrel nut will not...right?
Posted: 5/8/2013 1:30:47 PM EDT
[#6]
Yes, that is what I am trying to find out. Because a regular barrel nut will not fit. The barrel measures about 1.050. If you try to open up a regular barrel nut, there would be no shoulder left inside the barrel nut.
