blopez50
New member
Has anyone ever put one of these things on? Did the barrel nut give you trouble? Does it use a proprietary wrench?
I installed mine yesterday (on a non-Seekins upper) and the barrel nut gave me a [beeep] of a time. I wasn't able to find anything saying that they use a proprietary wrench but mine wouldn't work.... I had to cut off a couple pins. After that, the remaining pins were too big to fit in the barrel nut. I was able to get them in but then the barrel nut was out of round and the tube won't slide over it.
In retrospect, I should have just stopped and bought a new barrel nut wrench and tried again in a week. I have a tendency to get impatient and make things fit!
I installed mine yesterday (on a non-Seekins upper) and the barrel nut gave me a [beeep] of a time. I wasn't able to find anything saying that they use a proprietary wrench but mine wouldn't work.... I had to cut off a couple pins. After that, the remaining pins were too big to fit in the barrel nut. I was able to get them in but then the barrel nut was out of round and the tube won't slide over it.
In retrospect, I should have just stopped and bought a new barrel nut wrench and tried again in a week. I have a tendency to get impatient and make things fit!