Rittmeister
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I've got a Rock River Arms AR - the Elite Operator 2. 16" barrel, mid-length gas, blah blah.
I'm trying to remove the forend/handguard to replace it; it's heavy as heck and I've got a Rainier Arms forend ready to go on.
I've got the gas block off, I've got the action block for my vise, etc. I've been told that the RRA factory guards are pretty tight, or may be on with loc-tite, or that they were put on by King Kong
Anyway, the rifle has a half-quad rail as pictured below:
I've broken one strap wrench trying to get it off. I know I'm turning the right way - counterclockwise when looking from the muzzle (right?). There are no set screws but I'm wondering if the gray ring between the handguard and the receiver is some kind of locking ring. It's got four slots presumably to accept some kind of spanner, but it doesn't look like it has any room to turn in either direction.
I've read a number of how-tos and seen several videos but I'd be grateful for any advice on this; I'm pretty handy but haven't done any AR work before and I don't want to hurt anything.
Thanks!
I'm trying to remove the forend/handguard to replace it; it's heavy as heck and I've got a Rainier Arms forend ready to go on.
I've got the gas block off, I've got the action block for my vise, etc. I've been told that the RRA factory guards are pretty tight, or may be on with loc-tite, or that they were put on by King Kong
Anyway, the rifle has a half-quad rail as pictured below:
I've broken one strap wrench trying to get it off. I know I'm turning the right way - counterclockwise when looking from the muzzle (right?). There are no set screws but I'm wondering if the gray ring between the handguard and the receiver is some kind of locking ring. It's got four slots presumably to accept some kind of spanner, but it doesn't look like it has any room to turn in either direction.
I've read a number of how-tos and seen several videos but I'd be grateful for any advice on this; I'm pretty handy but haven't done any AR work before and I don't want to hurt anything.
Thanks!