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Posted: 9/25/2014 3:24:52 PM EDT
| Handled the Wheeler one at BPS today. Any advantage to the delrin ones like DPMS over the coated steel? Coating seems pretty beefy on the wheeler. Any others to look at? Have 2 clamshells already but I want a block style. |
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Have you seen the Geisselle reaction rod? The reaction rod ROCKS. I replied to a post here a couple of weeks ago. Several gents were kind enough to offer to lend me one for a gun I was working on. Ended up going with a different forend that did not need the barrel pulled to install. In the meantime, I am now doing some part-time work in a shop that does lots of AR 15 builds every day. I use one on my bench, and wonder how I ever got along without it. Rocket fast, solid, and easy as crap to use!! Didn't mean to hijack the OP's thread, but I would recommend the RR and the Delrin type blocks Never used the Wheeler covered metal blocks, so can't comment on it. hope this helps. |
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Have you seen the Geisselle reaction rod? The reaction rod ROCKS. ...until you break an index pin or gall out the slot in the upper receiver when you try to torque a barrel down. the reaction rod is neat, but if you can't get a barrel nut to align within 50 ft-lbs, get a clamshell. |
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...until you break an index pin or gall out the slot in the upper receiver when you try to torque a barrel down. the reaction rod is neat, but if you can't get a barrel nut to align within 50 ft-lbs, get a clamshell. Quoted:
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Have you seen the Geisselle reaction rod? The reaction rod ROCKS. ...until you break an index pin or gall out the slot in the upper receiver when you try to torque a barrel down. the reaction rod is neat, but if you can't get a barrel nut to align within 50 ft-lbs, get a clamshell. Which is why I recommended that time-honored Arfcomm tradition.......................GET BOTH |
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I had a Geissele reaction rod but I got rid of it. I now have this for building upper receivers and it works nicely. http://www.plastixrevolution.net/products/ar-15-upper-receiver-vise-block Whats the differense between the black version and the white version they offer? |
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I had a Geissele reaction rod but I got rid of it. I now have this for building upper receivers and it works nicely. http://www.plastixrevolution.net/products/ar-15-upper-receiver-vise-block Whats the differense between the black version and the white version they offer? The white one on that page doesn't include pivot and takedown pins. For that setup, I'd go the extra dollar or so and get the one with pins. Clamping top and bottom of an upper is pretty safe, because you spread the forces pretty evenly through the body of the upper. I prefer the clamshell type because of how it holds the upper - and keeps you from dropping it while you're trying to manipulate it into the vise. |
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