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    Aside from the fact that you would need to peen even more metal to get a good stake (think about the small cut out and what a proper stake looks like) and I think that says enough. Not to mention that the rationale for it is just plain stupid.

    As someone else pointed out, if some SWAT team had an issue then their guns could have been modified. Strangely enough no military Specops units are having this issue? Hmmmm........

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    I am curious about the castle nut being installed the opposite way. Does this harm anything? It actually seems like a good idea to me since it does get the sharp edges out of harms way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    As someone else pointed out, if some SWAT team had an issue then their guns could have been modified. Strangely enough no military Specops units are having this issue? Hmmmm........
    You would think that LB would have just bevelled it, which would have been a decent touch. I still have a hard time swallowing this story and would like to know what SWAT team requested this, or what SWAT teams are using these carbines for that matter.

    I honestly believe that they assembled an AR incorrectly and had it pointed out after a lot of big $ ads went to press. The SWAT story is damage control.

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    Gunz,

    Why did Colt change the old style nut to the current castle nut?

    Back to the LB...

    What about the choice of using a timney trigger in a carbine intended for police use?
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    I-Ninja,

    What is the new castle nut? I haven't seen or noticed a difference.

    Quote Originally Posted by Iraq Ninja View Post
    Gunz,

    Why did Colt change the old style nut to the current castle nut?

    Back to the LB...

    What about the choice of using a timney trigger in a carbine intended for police use?



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    Sorry, the old CAR style. I think it had just a hole in the ring, with no cuts. Maybe I am dating myself, but we had them on the old CARs circa 1978.
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    Ahhh....the "old" castle nut. I haven't see one in ages. IIRC they were a bitch to remove.

    Quote Originally Posted by Iraq Ninja View Post
    Sorry, the old CAR style. I think it had just a hole in the ring, with no cuts. Maybe I am dating myself, but we had them on the old CARs circa 1978.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    Ahhh....the "old" castle nut. I haven't see one in ages. IIRC they were a bitch to remove.
    I pulled one off of a friend's 9mm AR a few months back. He came over to have the stock changed, and when he dragged it out of the bag and I saw the nut I said "nope, gotta order new tools, let's go to dinner". Got the new tool, got it removed no problem.

    No idea why the change from the old to the new, although the old had no way of staking it which may have played a part. It also could only be accessed one way due to the single (or maybe there are two at most?) hole, and depending on orientation that could make it tough. With the "castle" you have lots of options as to where you place the wrench.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rob_s View Post

    No idea why the change from the old to the new, although the old had no way of staking it which may have played a part.

    Yes it did. If it did not have stake pockets it is not a Colt part.
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    The new ones are used because there is more secure wrench engagement and four options to place the wrench.

    The old ones have two holes in them 180 degrees apart and only give two wrench positions.
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    ...and like others have stated, They are a bitch to remove. The Air Force are the greatest gun part recyclers known to man, at least prior to the adoption of the M4. I still see quite a few of the old style. With the couple that I had to muck with I ended up using a spanner type of wrench, (that's all we had in the deployed armory), or a punch and hammer. Every parts combination conceivable can be found in the GUU-5P guns.
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