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Post by click on May 6, 2008 10:23:39 GMT -5
Well I figure since this is a "Garand tech" question I can ask it here. Well? I really dont want to break it, but it doesnt seem to have a way to come off. I see some threads but when I tried to unscrew it, nothing happened.
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Sgt_Tom
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Post by Sgt_Tom on May 6, 2008 11:52:06 GMT -5
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Post by click on May 6, 2008 12:39:18 GMT -5
Thanks, I had seen it earlier and I looked and saw/see no screw that needs to be opened with an alan wrench. For that matter I see no screw at all.
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dave
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Post by dave on May 6, 2008 14:03:22 GMT -5
Well his M14 is TM so maybe it's different. -dave
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Post by click on May 7, 2008 0:36:35 GMT -5
Yeah, it is.
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Post by involved6 on May 8, 2008 10:58:03 GMT -5
Yes, AGM flash hiders have no set screw to lock in the castle nut.
I don't know how much you know here, so I dont want to mention the obvious, but the obvious is sometimes what it is.
The castle nut, the small nut in the very middle of the flash hider, operates independently of the hider itself. Focus your efforts on that (in a negative thread direction), and the nut will start to pull the flash hider off its rails, and subsequently off the barrel. On the TM, there is a set screw that locks this castle nut in place, and another set screw that locks the gas block in place. Both are EXTREMELY tiny, and just look like holes.
Hope that helped.
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Post by click on May 8, 2008 11:25:22 GMT -5
YES!!! Thank you so much! I noticet the castle nut and tried to unscrew the flash hider a little at a time after the castle nut. i had not idea that it was on a rail and needed to be slid off. Thanks!
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Post by 2nd Bat on May 13, 2008 14:25:21 GMT -5
It's amazing but each of the M14 variants seems to appraoch the flash hider a little different. The TM as mentioned earlier has a tiny hex nut that has to be removed prior to being able to move the castel nut. Other versions have a hex nut or phillips head screw but placed in various locations. (The TM is exactly like the real steel version which is typical of Japanese replicas attention to detail) Many of the chines clones do not have a set screw or hex screw at all but occssionally the castle nut is very very tight. In some cases they are conventionally threaded while with other makes they are reverse threaded. (Most are reverse threaded) When you don't know it gets frustrating as you aren't sure if you're tightening or loosening it. I have actually had to cut the flash hider away in some cases and after every imagine effort found it the most expeditious way to get it off. (Ain't dremels great?)
It is just one of several areas where each M14 variant available is unique and obviously not an exact clone of another manufacturer. Incidently the castle nut itself is designed so you can use a metal punch to help drive the nut off if needed. (Assuming you know which direction to attack it.)
Good luck. I wish I had a market for flash hiders and castle nuts as I now have well over a hundred of them! Butt flaps as well!
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