migkillertwo
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I just installed a set of Yankee hill machine free-float handguards on my ar-15, so I probably should have asked this question before doing it, but here goes anyway.
I heard that you need a special tool/block thingy from brownells to support the gas block when removing the tapered pins. At first I just rested the gas block on a piece of 2x4, and then I put the gas block and barrel in my vice (surrounded by a rag to keep from dinging of course).
Putting it in the vice worked like a charm, I think. My question was; was it a good idea to put the gas block in a vice and then punch the retaining pins out, or do I really need the block thingy from brownells?
I heard that you need a special tool/block thingy from brownells to support the gas block when removing the tapered pins. At first I just rested the gas block on a piece of 2x4, and then I put the gas block and barrel in my vice (surrounded by a rag to keep from dinging of course).
Putting it in the vice worked like a charm, I think. My question was; was it a good idea to put the gas block in a vice and then punch the retaining pins out, or do I really need the block thingy from brownells?