[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Bbl play

Posted: 4/3/2005 7:31:17 AM EDT

Today i was stripping down my rifles and apon cleaning my upper on my colt 20in HBAR i noticed that the barrel had some slight play in it, I can twist it slightly from side to side and up and down. Im taking a stab in the dark here in guess that this is not good. Am i correct here?

Posted: 4/3/2005 8:17:54 AM EDT

[#1]

Quoted:
Im taking a stab in the dark here in guess that this is not good. Am i correct here?

Yes.

Posted: 4/3/2005 8:20:11 AM EDT

[#2]

Ok. so how do i go about fixing this?

Posted: 4/3/2005 9:32:56 AM EDT

[#3]

your barrel nut cracked, and the pin broke. I've had two bushies break this way. Send it back to Colt. They should fix it without charge.

Posted: 4/3/2005 9:42:48 AM EDT

[#4]

One of my rifles had the side play , it was just a loose brl nut , removed gas tube and tightned brl .

Posted: 4/3/2005 11:17:46 AM EDT

[#5]

allright..

im lacking all the tools to get that stuff fixed. but i think i might know somebody that does. thanks

Posted: 4/3/2005 3:59:24 PM EDT

[#6]

takes a 1/16" pin punch, hammer, barrel nut wrench, receiver or barrel blocks, moly grease, and a vise.

Posted: 4/4/2005 10:34:16 AM EDT

[#7]

went and saw my army buddy today at the ng unit.

says my nut is busted

Posted: 4/4/2005 1:21:12 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
went and saw my army buddy today at the ng unit.

says my nut is busted

Sorry to hear that. That means that in addition to pulling the barrel, you will also have to pull the front sight base as well to replace the barrel nut.

Posted: 4/4/2005 10:43:24 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
says my nut is busted

did he disassemble and inspect it or was that his opinion?

Posted: 4/4/2005 10:57:41 PM EDT

[#10]

3 sgts looked at it.

the barrel nut is loose in there. said that chances are its broken because how would that nut become that loose with out having the gas tube removed

Posted: 4/4/2005 11:03:08 PM EDT

[#11]

there is play between the nut and the tube and in the tube itself. a crack should be obvious with the handguards off.

Posted: 4/5/2005 4:41:08 PM EDT

[#12]

did not see one. but there is something wrong since that nut is loose and nothing has ever been removed from the rifle

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