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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Action Block - holds upper very loose.

Posted: 2/25/2006 9:59:49 AM EDT

I just picked an action block from bravocompany and it has model1sales stamped all over it.

The block holds the upper so loose that I have enough room to actually wrap a t-shirt around the upper to take up the play. It is hard injected molded plastic.

Is this normal???

Posted: 2/25/2006 10:11:04 AM EDT

[#1]

Are you sure it's in there correctly?
I have the black plastic type that's hinged on the bottom, it fits like a glove. I used mine last night to mate an M4 barrel and M4 upper.

JoeLad

Posted: 2/25/2006 10:16:26 AM EDT

[#2]

Yep, it fits in there and mine is hinged at the top. It is closed at the bottom and closed at the top but also has a slot for the carry handle inside it.

Posted: 2/25/2006 10:20:51 AM EDT

[#3]

Send it back and get a DPMS or Schuster block.

Posted: 2/25/2006 10:25:35 AM EDT

[#4]

Mine worked fine for me when I used the t-shirt method. Just make sure you insert the inner part to support the receiver.

Posted: 2/25/2006 10:28:18 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Mine worked fine for me when I used the t-shirt method. Just make sure you insert the inner part to support the receiver.

Ya I did that now I encountered another problem, I can't get the damn inner part out with the dust cover shut, it won't force the dust cover open.

nevermind, i got it out, put on floor, hold with feet and yank.

Posted: 2/25/2006 4:51:49 PM EDT

[#6]

are you putting it in the vise? tightning it down good?

i use the bushmaster block but after crushing an upper and handling the dpms block with insert it seems to be a better tool

Posted: 2/26/2006 1:35:15 AM EDT

[#7]

I got mine from CMMGINC !! WORKS GREAT!!

Posted: 2/26/2006 5:50:57 AM EDT

[#8]

Well I cut a tshirt up and placed it nicely around the upper so I didn't have a lot of cloth in there. put it in the vise with the plastic fake bolt assembly group thing, tightened it up in the vise and removed my barrel.

I didn't crush the upper. Both the top and bottom portion of the action block is closed. I think they made it this way so it would be really hard to crush the upper.

Posted: 2/26/2006 6:23:56 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
i use the bushmaster block but after crushing an upper and handling the dpms block with insert it seems to be a better tool

You would think that for $50.00 for a chunk of plastic it would work better.

Posted: 2/26/2006 10:14:38 AM EDT

[#10]

Do like i did pad blocks with felt!

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Action Block - holds upper very loose.

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