IG has the idea, or find a LGS that has the proper tools to go over this. Think of it this way, what if it is bent? You are going to have to send it back to the manufacturer anyways...
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IG has the idea, or find a LGS that has the proper tools to go over this. Think of it this way, what if it is bent? You are going to have to send it back to the manufacturer anyways...
Thanks for the information guys, there are a lot of people who really know the numbers for this kind of stuff.
I've attempted a makeshift press to see if I could attempt to pull it back in a bit. I don't think it did much of anything other than give me bruised palms while pressing on it/cranking the vice.
I've been in contact with a pair of 'smiths, both with credentials capable to look at the issue and it will probably be in one of their hands by early next week.
Holy shit, are you serious? You tried to bend it back yourself? Are you positive it's bent in the first place. I can virtually guarantee that your issue is a ****ing poorly installed hand guard.
This is why I leave this stuff up to the pros. I don't want to mess something up even if I know how to do it. I learned not to use local shops after they couldn't get a roll pin in my noveske lower. I'll build a lower but that's all I trust myself to do. The barrel being bent is a possibility but the rail being off is a bigger possibility.
Hand guard is straight; using a level I was able to verify its straightness on all 4 sides.
Using a string, I can index through the center of the FH down to the barrel extension. When measuring both sides of the string, there is a bow starting around the gas block.
I'm at a point of frustration with it, that's why I tried to gorilla it back. In evaluating the cost of repair(which may greatly reduce the longevity or may not even work) versus say the cost of replacing it with a BCM barrel I'm up in the air about what to do.
Take your lumps and chuck the damn thing out the window. Or make a lamp out of it. Get a new barrel from BCM and be done with it.
I've seen a few bent barrels, not uncommon in Airborne units. Actually quite common back in the day of the A1.
Get the barrel gauged.
If it's bent get a new one.
As a former unit armorer, I did run across a few bent barrels over the years, they are very uncommon. What I have seen that might be a possibility is a loose barrel. I had one that felt tight, but couldn't be zeroed. I issued the guy a new weapon at the range and looked his over back at the arms room. I took it to support to get gaged, and it was straight. They pulled the gas tube and managed to actually tighten the barrel nut two notches. At the next range, the weapon shot fine.
So take the rail off and check to make sure the barrel is tight, put a wrench to it, check that it's torqued properly.