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wild_wild_wes
08-04-13, 12:31
How do you tighten an original M16 3 prong flash hider? It doesn't have flats for a wrench.
Quiet-Matt
08-04-13, 12:51
There is a wrench for it that goes over the prongs.
Quiet-Matt
08-04-13, 12:58
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0053/5332/products/DSC02991_large.jpg?53
You can also use a piece of thick flat steel that will fit between the flats.
wild_wild_wes
08-11-13, 10:02
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0053/5332/products/DSC02991_large.jpg?53
Where can I get that tool?
Don Robison
08-11-13, 10:11
Where can I get that tool?
Here you go.
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/rifle-tools/wrenches/ar-15-m16-combination-wrench-prod468.aspx
Heavy Metal
08-11-13, 10:30
Here you go.
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/rifle-tools/wrenches/ar-15-m16-combination-wrench-prod468.aspx
Nope.
The tool Brownell's lists no longer contains the end which works on the three-pronged flash suppressors.
I recently bought one of these tools for just this reason and I found it here:
http://www.innovativeindustriesllc.com/products/ar-15-combo-wrench
Don Robison
08-11-13, 10:52
Nope.
The tool Brownell's lists no longer contains the end which works on the three-pronged flash suppressors.
I recently bought one of these tools for just this reason and I found it here:
http://www.innovativeindustriesllc.com/products/ar-15-combo-wrench
Yep, your correct. I didn't even look at the picture.
You can also use a piece of thick flat steel that will fit between the flats.
Simplicity at its finest.
Why does there have to be a soecific tool for everything when whst you need is probably laying in a scrap bin in your shop or garage.
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Quiet-Matt
08-11-13, 14:15
Ive used a small screwdriver with heat shrink tubing on it to install a prong style FH before and it worked like a charm.
Ned Christiansen
08-11-13, 14:24
Wes, would a three-jawed chuck jive with the slots? I mean, either on a lathe or even just a drill chuck?
Where can I get one o' them 3-prongers, anyway? I have a few take-off RRA comps if anyone would care to trade (full disclosure: I have them because I despise them and we do not permit them in class anymore.)
wild_wild_wes
08-11-13, 15:15
Wes, would a three-jawed chuck jive with the slots? I mean, either on a lathe or even just a drill chuck?
Where can I get one o' them 3-prongers, anyway? I have a few take-off RRA comps if anyone would care to trade (full disclosure: I have them because I despise them and we do not permit them in class anymore.)
I thought about the 3-jawed chuck too, but don't have one on hand.
I got the 3 prong FH from Fulton Armory.
Heavy Metal
08-11-13, 18:44
Wes, would a three-jawed chuck jive with the slots? I mean, either on a lathe or even just a drill chuck?
Where can I get one o' them 3-prongers, anyway? I have a few take-off RRA comps if anyone would care to trade (full disclosure: I have them because I despise them and we do not permit them in class anymore.)
http://www.ozarksurplus.com/M16-3-Prong-Flash-Hider-USGI-M16THRPRNGFLHHDR.htm
And as I posted earlier, for the wrench itself:
http://www.innovativeindustriesllc.com/products/ar-15-combo-wrench
wild_wild_wes
08-11-13, 19:37
http://www.ozarksurplus.com/M16-3-Prong-Flash-Hider-USGI-M16THRPRNGFLHHDR.htm
Ohh lookee that, that is the very first version, with thin tynes:
http://www.ozarksurplus.com/images/1362963612309208665050.jpeg
The one I got from Fulton is the later type with beefed-up tynes:
http://www.fulton-armory.com/images/products/display/AU075.jpg
Heavy Metal
08-11-13, 22:07
I don't think so Wes, I think they are the same and the perspective in the pic is throwing you. I can check tommorow and see. I have a DPMS one and two of the Ozark Take-Offs.
Ned Christiansen
08-12-13, 10:14
http://www.hardwarestore.com/american-standard-diverter-handle-600960.aspx#1
If you could be the right guy in the right place at the right time, some hardware store somewhere probably has a bin full of something like this that will fit. This one's too big but I wonder if you might find what you need strolling the aisle of Home Depot?
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