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Posted: 1/21/2013 5:51:47 PM EDT
| I have a adco attached flash hider that I would like to remove and reattach without destroying anything.. Does anyone know I they are silver soldered on? Can it be reheated and turned off? I also have access to a machine shop so could I redrill the hole? Or do the threads get the soder in them like a pipe joint? Thanks |
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Quoted: I have a adco attached flash hider that I would like to remove and reattach without destroying anything.. Does anyone know I they are silver soldered on? Can it be reheated and turned off? I also have access to a machine shop so could I redrill the hole? Or do the threads get the soder in them like a pipe joint? Thanks Send it back. They can do removals as well. |
| I could but, I am pretty handy and would not mind spending the time on it. As long as I have a general Idea of what I am up against. It is a barrel I bought with a slightly messed up (streched out) yhm FF nut. I could salvage the yhm nut I think. I would rather go to a troy or DD FF setup. So spend the time on Fixing the nut for a setup I want to change or just set it up the way I want... |
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If its a "permanantly attached" flash hider (pinned and welded) for a 14.5" barrel or something you will destroy the flash hider and the barrel threads by unscrewing it. If you can see a spot (most times on the bottom facing edge on the muzzle device) that looks like a hole drilled and filled, then most likely its pinned and welded. If it is, the only way to get it off and maybe not fubar the barrel is by using a cutting wheel and cutting the device lengthwise along the top and bottom almost all the way through to the barrel and then splitting it lengthwise from the front. I have successfully done this a few times for friends who wanted to change the flash hider. It takes time, but if you rush it, you will destroy the barrel threads. Once its off, you can run a die down the barrel threads to clean up the threads and get any solder or metal bits off.
Most times if its doesn't have to be legally "permanent" they just use some red loctite, a barrel wrench, a barrel vice and some weight behind a big wrench. |
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