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    Cheap and easy fix for AR's in the safe:

    Necessity is the mother of invention they say. Not sure if anyone else has this issue, but I did and thought I'd share my solution. Bottom line, my AR's were too short to stand in the racks in my gun safe. The 16" gun could be made to fit by fully extending the stock, but the 10.3" wouldn't fit at all. I began by inserting a 3/16" dowel down the bore. and leaving enough length to catch the rack. This worked ok for the 16" gun and allowed me to leave my stock where I like to shoot it, but with the length of span on the 10.3" gun, there was a lot of flex in the dowel to the point that I was afraid it might break while the gun was in storage.

    Then I got the idea for the following. Essentially, I use a 3/8" dowel from the flashhider up to the rack, and the stepped-down 3/16" dowel goes in the bore to provide extra support because there's only about 1" of engagement between the 3/8" dowel and the flashhider.

    Here's how I made the adapters:





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    Very neat solution!
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    My answer is to pile everything like wood....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stickman View Post
    My answer is to pile everything like wood....
    Haha. Exactly!

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    I just use a cleaning rod
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    Quote Originally Posted by snakedoctor View Post
    I just use a cleaning rod
    I have too many SBRs and not enough cleaning rods.

    I built a little "step" for them.

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    great ideal


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    vise jaws where did you get them?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ICANHITHIMMAN View Post
    vise jaws where did you get them?
    Magnetic cheapies from Lowes...Bessey brand, same as the vise:

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    Thank you brother you even used my store
    Last edited by ICANHITHIMMAN; 09-25-12 at 17:36.
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