POS worthless trash. Spend your money on an extra few bullets
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POS worthless trash. Spend your money on an extra few bullets
Save your money and buy a strip-lula.
"Receiver slop" has never been a problem for me, but I've shot and field stripped a gun that had an O-ring on the pivot pin. It felt extremely solid.
If you want to fix the slop, grab a small O-Ring for 25 cents next time you're at the hardware store. This is 1/20th the price of the Accuwedge. If the slop still bothers you then sell your AR to fund treatment for your new-found OCD. (I kid.)
Why I post in Blue: Dark colors are more easily perceived by the cones clustered at the center of your view (like when you read) than simple darkness.
Is anyone really hurting that much that the difference between .25 cents and $5 is going to make or break them?
Using an o-ring has the same issues as using a wedge. They can break, should be frequently inspected, but aren't really needed.
The o-rings also won't work with all rail systems.
I think the best solution is that if the wobble is an issue, is buying a platform using a matched receiver w/o any play. Second to that, I've seen a few lowers with a sec screw drilled and tapped under the takedown pin so you could adjust it.
I don't use O-rings, Accuwedges, bedded receivers, or set screws. If a receiver fit is loose enough to bother me then it's probably so far out of spec that it should be replaced.
25 cents against $5 justifies itself when the piece is replaced often (as it should be). Five Accuwedges is $25. Five O-rings is pocket change.
The O-ring does not have the issue of potentially getting jammed into the trigger assembly if it fails. There are many instances of the Accuwedge doing this and is often times cited as the primary reason to avoid them. Why add one more way your rifle can seize up on you? I can't think of any way that an O-ring will do anything but fall out of the rifle harmlessly if it were to break or disintegrate.
The matched receiver and set screw are both better fixes, but they're far more invasive and expensive than either the Accuwedge or O-ring. I'm not saying that this makes them poor choices, just that some people may not want them for whatever reason.
Last edited by Jester67CA; 05-21-12 at 13:31.
Why I post in Blue: Dark colors are more easily perceived by the cones clustered at the center of your view (like when you read) than simple darkness.
My friend bought one and besides making it a pain to undue the receivers, it just falls out and gets lost. He ended up loosing his the first few times we went to shoot. It is a waist of money
meh... I'm certainly not advocating they help accuracy or anything, but making it hard to take-down the AR.. mine don't.. I have to compress/put as little pressure on the upper anyhow. Mine don't fall out either. I suppose I could turn one of them upside-down and shake it out, but probably not.. A tight fit and gun oil takes care of that..
I don't think they're much of an issue either way really.. Just saying.. Ron
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This thread needs to be stickied as the collective opinions of M4C, as to the merits of this device, then closed as a lesson learned. New folks can be quickly directed to it by other members so it never EVER has to be brought up again.
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Just wanted to post my experience as a semi-newbie to AR's (about a year experience).
My roomate who has been building AR's for a time suggested the Accuwedge to my AR. I have a Spikes lower and Rguns upper (bought used) and there is a bit of flop (is that what its called) or gap; not significant but you will notice it if you purposely twist the upper/lower receivers.
Didn't do squat. the play was still there. Not worth it IMO so I gave it back to him.
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