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Posted: 4/16/2016 9:48:17 AM EDT
| Is it possible to add the ejection port rod and cover after the barrel and handguard have been installed? |
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Is it possible to add the ejection port rod and cover after the barrel and handguard have been installed? You could try putting the rod in from the rear. If there is room for the rod then it should work. It looks like there may be just enough room. Never tried it though. |
| Usually not, as most handguards are designed to retain the rod from coming out towards the muzzle. That little C-clip keeps the rod from coming out towards the stock. I believe that most barrel nuts will probably interfere with the rod as well. The SLR handguards and barrel nuts certainly do. |
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To install the pin/spring/door with the barrel already installed, you start the pin through the back lug, then add the spring. Make sure you get the spring on right - the short leg should be flat against the upper receiver. You need to tighten the spring one turn to make the door pop open correctly. To add that extra turn on the spring, only put the pin about 1/4 through the spring, which should let you manipulate the long leg of the spring around the notch in the cover. Now keep the spring straight and slide the pin through it, and finish by using the door as a handle to guide the pin through the front lug.
Getting the clip installed isn't hard, but it's a little bit tricky. Use LOTS OF LIGHT, and magnification if you can manage it. I use a 6" surgical pick-up tool to hold the clip closer to one end than to the middle. Line the clip up on the groove and hold it in place with the pick-up, and use a needle nose plier (closed) to press it onto the pin. My first time took about three tries to get the clip to go all the way on. The clip is a standard C-clip, but you can also use E-clips, which go on easier (and stay on just as well). |
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Dead-On-Arms pinless dust cover $3 shipping. I have these and trigger guards on all my AR's.  |
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you could just get this one: http://www.strikeindustries.com/shop/index.php/products/rifle-accessories/ar/upper-parts/ar-enhanced-ultimate-dust-cover-223-665.html#.VxM23cv2aHs Too late for Blowout, but I have these Strike Industries port covers on both of my 6.8 rifles. They snap on and off in seconds and the latching detent is adjustable to fit any upper. good kit - CW |
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Too late for Blowout, but I have these Strike Industries port covers on both of my 6.8 rifles. They snap on and off in seconds and the latching detent is adjustable to fit any upper. good kit - CW Quoted:
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you could just get this one: http://www.strikeindustries.com/shop/index.php/products/rifle-accessories/ar/upper-parts/ar-enhanced-ultimate-dust-cover-223-665.html#.VxM23cv2aHs Too late for Blowout, but I have these Strike Industries port covers on both of my 6.8 rifles. They snap on and off in seconds and the latching detent is adjustable to fit any upper. good kit - CW This was what I grabbed, super easy to install but doesn't open all the way, just kind of flops half way open. Thinking I got a dud though because I can't find any info on this issue and reviews all seem positive. |
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