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11/10/2011 10:55:59 AM EDT
On my M74, the is a little bar on the bottom of the barrel that is connected through the foregrip and can't take the foregrip off without the removal the pole thing. Do I NEED it on my gun? Can I take it off somehow? And my buttstock it stuck to the reciever. I unscrewed the screw ontop, are there any others?
11/10/2011 11:03:15 AM EDT
[#1]
I'm guessing your talking about the cleaning rod?
Lift up on the rod and slide outward. You can now remove your lower hand guard.

Use a rubber mallet and tap the buttstock out.

Good luck.
11/10/2011 11:06:47 AM EDT
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On my M74, the is a little bar on the bottom of the barrel that is connected through the foregrip and can't take the foregrip off without the removal the pole thing. Do I NEED it on my gun? Can I take it off somehow? And my buttstock it stuck to the reciever. I unscrewed the screw ontop, are there any others?


To remove the buttstock, there should be two screws on the top that you'll need to unscrew. Take a mallet or something you can bang it with until it comes out. Tap down with the mallet against the stock until it comes out.



 
11/10/2011 11:25:22 AM EDT
[#3]
To remove the cleaning rod, first remove the muzzle brake.
Then pull the rod away from the barrel just enough to allow sliding the rod forward and out of the handguard.

To remove the hand guard, rotate the hand guard lock on the right front side of the guard.  This is a small lever that is rotated to the front so it points toward the muzzle.
Then rock the hand guard from side to side and up and down to work it out of the receiver.

To remove the stock, remove the recoil spring.
Under the rear of the recoil spring guide where it seats into the slot in the rear of the receiver is another screw.
Remove it.
Then bump the butt on the top rear, bottom rear, and each side of the stock near the butt plate with your hand or on a carpet to move the stock to the rear and out of the receiver.
If you use a rubber mallet, be careful, that can easily dent the stock.  Better to use your hand or by bumping the stock on a carpeted floor.
11/10/2011 11:46:21 AM EDT
[#4]
Removing the muzzle brake makes taking the cleaning rod out pretty idiot proof.
11/10/2011 1:25:32 PM EDT
[#5]
Ooh my??????
11/10/2011 4:09:13 PM EDT
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Ooh my??????






I was thinking the same thing......



lots of good info above, it really is easier if you take muzzle break off 1st. Also in your cleaning kit is a tool like punch you can use to put through the hole in the end of the rod to help if need be.



 
11/10/2011 4:15:26 PM EDT
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Quoted:

Quoted:
Ooh my??????



I was thinking the same thing......

lots of good info above, it really is easier if you take muzzle break off 1st. Also in your cleaning kit is a tool like punch you can use to put through the hole in the end of the rod to help if need be.
 


Haha, that's what I do. But I usually have a small allen wrench laying around to do that. Lot of pinched fingers removing cleaning rods without one
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