Geissele low pro super gas block opinions/input

[26 Inf]

There are pinning jigs out there that will allow you to pin any low profile gas block for minimal cost so that's not a reason to switch.

Dimple what you have and call it a day.

Which pinning jig do you recommend? Most I've seen, like the BRD's, are kind of pricey if you are just doing one.

I like the Geissele Automatics - Carbon Steel Gas Block sold by ALG Defense, it is normally $39.00, on sale today for $33.15. Geissele doesn't sell it on the Geissele Automatics website, just his wife's. https://algdefense.com/carbon-steel-gas-block.html

The reason I go with this gas block is the fact that it is set up to pin with a drill press. I dimple the barrel for both set screws, lock it down, place it in my drill press vise, and using the McMaster Carr drill bit Geissele suggests, drill and pin. A simple operation that doesn't require much in the way of equipment. I'd be willing to give it a shot with a hand drill in a machinist's/drill press vise.

[Magsz]

Which pinning jig do you recommend? Most I've seen, like the BRD's, are kind of pricey if you are just doing one.

I like the Geissele Automatics - Carbon Steel Gas Block sold by ALG Defense, it is normally $39.00, on sale today for $33.15. Geissele doesn't sell it on the Geissele Automatics website, just his wife's. https://algdefense.com/carbon-steel-gas-block.html

The reason I go with this gas block is the fact that it is set up to pin with a drill press. I dimple the barrel for both set screws, lock it down, place it in my drill press vise, and using the McMaster Carr drill bit Geissele suggests, drill and pin. A simple operation that doesn't require much in the way of equipment. I'd be willing to give it a shot with a hand drill in a machinist's/drill press vise.

Ive used the BRD devices with great success. I also build quite a few rifles a year so the cost is amortized over the course of time.

Slr rifleworks also makes a dimpling jig that is way more affordable.

[bobbytucson]

if your building from scratch or buying new, i say go pinned or go home. daniel defense and alot of others seem to think its superior and only put pinned blocks on thier barrels. id like to agree to that without ever really pushing a rifle so hard to tell a difference...which i dont think is possible though... on the other hand, bcm, sionics and others swear by dimple+set screw with some red loc-tight. lots of master armorers and master "companies" will have difference in opinion here. this is why i miss will larsen (iraqgunz). he would have ate this thread for breakfast in a grumpy in your face blunt force trauma style lol. he hailed that dimple+set screw were supperior. bless his heart. miss that guy