- May 15, 2007
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Interesting. I never knew such a tool existed to remove handguards. Usually I'd just cuss at one if I had to struggle with it.
Question For those of You that had an M16A2 or A4 or M4 in the Military
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- May 29, 2017
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Wait. The handguards came off????
You only need to do that if you have to clean something like spilling your MRE food onto that little holes along the top of the handguard. If you dropped your rifle into the mud, you need to do that too. However, you will be called all kind of name from your platoon.
Homesick Texan
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USAF Security Forces 82-05, never knew a tool existed. Like others stated, some were loose some were not. If so, two person job or make do and pry it with something handy and hope no one saw you......
Cpt. Karma
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- Sep 13, 2019
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I don’t think there was a tool for that. I was in “81”-“86”. I remember being taught to use your knuckle to bust out the pivot/takedown pin.
No tools when I served. But with some new stuff I've built I wonder why it used to be so much easier. I guess due to the well broken in weapons we had in the Marines.
kbarrett220
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Hand guard removal tool
Maybe in the Air Force. In the US ARMY a solid surface to brace the buttstock against and strong grip strength to wrestle the slip ring far enough down to get the top or bottom out just far enough to to hold it in place the work the other out and finally remove the first
Maybe in the Air Force. In the US ARMY a solid surface to brace the buttstock against and strong grip strength to wrestle the slip ring far enough down to get the top or bottom out just far enough to to hold it in place the work the other out and finally remove the first
TexDefender
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- Feb 28, 2017
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Did you you guys use a handguard removal tool to get the handgaurds off? When I was in, we had the M16A1 and those hangaurds were easy to take off compared to the new ones on my non free-floated AR's. Of course those old A1's had more mileage than the workers in the Red Light district.The delta ring springs were pretty loose.
We never used a tool to remove the handguards. I have one of the older M-16, with the three prong. It wasn't a problem. It was hard to keep the armors from taking my bolt and replacing it with another. But if you couldn't do it by yourself, we got a fellow teammate to help. I think like anything the more wear and tear the easy to remove. When we got the new model M16-A2, they were hard a first to get off. But most people avoided taking them off. Wear can be a good thing, like breaking in a new pistol. It took about 500 rounds to break in my Sig 226 Legion. It was a really pain to release the slide, use the de-cocker and such at first.
Oh3
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If you asked for help or used a tool you'd be made fun of for a long time for having lady fingers.
FHJ69
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This ^^^^^^^^ Had M16A1, M16A2, M4.
lawrencewendall
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- Oct 10, 2009
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That's what she said.
00 Del
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Can count the times I've taken hand guards off on one hand. However, I did use the tool on your momma.
GuitarmanNick
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USAF '73-78. Never used a tool and can still get the grips off of my A2 build with just my old arthritic hands, and no buddy!
HoCoRes
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Never used a tool to get the hand guards off either
BUFF7MM
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Army 84-90, A1, no tool that I can remember ever using, never needed it that I can remember. Now my brain hurts from trying to remember.
- May 15, 2007
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I know this is not completely germaine to the topic, but it runs parallel
...I'm still trying to wrap my head around slathering a AR bolt in grease and then dipping it in motor oil.
- May 29, 2017
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...I'm still trying to wrap my head around slathering a AR bolt in grease and then dipping it in motor oil.
ut oh...I got bashed when discussing this topic. You know how I feel about it. Just a little CLP is all you need.
BUFF7MM
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I know this is not completely germaine to the topic, but it runs parallel
...I'm still trying to wrap my head around slathering a AR bolt in grease and then dipping it in motor oil.
You and me both.
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