I taped my new gas block and the rest of the barrel and touched mine up with a little BBQ black paint problem solved.
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On all my builds for myself or friends I always order the barrel with the FSB. On most of them I shave them and move on. If you buy a DD barrel from Grant, which I generally do, it's only $35.00 more for the FSB. A lowpro gas block is more than that and is not as secure. A double pinned shaved down block is the most secure there is, unless you weld it on! If you can swing a hammer you can renove the FSB and shave it.
Yup. Shave it. It isn't as hard as it sounds.
Shave it, just take your time and do it yourself
Shave it unless you ever want to go back to the FSB, if so pin a lo pro on it.
So I have a question for you guys...... Is there anyplace that can drill a lo pro for pins on a barrel thats been drilled already? I was under the impression that once a barrel was drilled that was it..... Because of the way they drill for the FSB. Its jugged up and then just drilled there is no spec for this the holes can be anyplace.
I believe rainier arms offers the service. You may want to call and ask them.
Here's what gotm4 told me a while back about pinning a Troy gas block on my 6920 barrel that had pre-existing holes from the original gas block:
You may want to ask him about this, as he can go into more detail about it than I can.Quote:
Originally Posted by gotm4
Here is a link to the thread so you can read it in context: http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=43906
crazy I didn't even think it was possible. I would just set screw them, I have 2 that are set screwed and I have NEVER had a problem with them...... its cheap and easy.