Anyone try the Aero adjustable gas block?

[SDW]

Here we go. Let's put the confusion to rest. To find this pic I just goggled "knurled set screws for gas block":

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[FarmerDave]

Here we go. Let's put the confusion to rest. To find this pic I just goggled "knurled set screws for gas block":

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This is what I think of when someone says knurled set screws.

[Old Bob]

Nifty! Looks like the way the knurling is cut, it would help prevent the set screw from backing out.

[Mustangfreek]

That looks identical to the aero screws.

[Texcl2]

I ended up ordering one from safe space, they shipped it out the next day. Hopefully I will get to install it next week sometime and will write a review.

[peak98]

Ordered mine from AR15safespace.com two weeks ago and received it Tuesday. Im waiting on the Monster 12s to come back in stock. Looking for an upper parts kit as well.
peak98

[Texcl2]

Cdnn has upper lots for $19 in stock.

[SDW]

Cdnn has upper lots for $19 in stock.

"Upper lots"??

[Texcl2]

I received my aero gas block yesterday, safe space shipping the next day after ordering it! They are good to go but are out of stock now. Anyways Installed I yesterday, I had to cut off the old gas block, (I shoot this rifle almost everyday)had some major cleaning of carbon deposits off the barrel and bird cage. This gas block was the perfect tightness l, it took a tap of a plastic hammer to get it in place but was easily removed with a light tap of the mallet. The nitride treatment seems well done and very slick, there are a couple of machining marks on her but nothing alarming. The click stops are nice and crisp and it even came with a spare detent in case you lose the original. Will test it out and adjust it this afternoon after work.

Pardon the dark pictures.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/hS7oGFtU1FSrgzATA

[montana]

I received my aero gas block yesterday, safe space shipping the next day after ordering it! They are good to go but are out of stock now. Anyways Installed I yesterday, I had to cut off the old gas block, (I shoot this rifle almost everyday)had some major cleaning of carbon deposits off the barrel and bird cage. This gas block was the perfect tightness l, it took a tap of a plastic hammer to get it in place but was easily removed with a light tap of the mallet. The nitride treatment seems well done and very slick, there are a couple of machining marks on her but nothing alarming. The click stops are nice and crisp and it even came with a spare detent in case you lose the original. Will test it out and adjust it this afternoon after work.

Pardon the dark pictures.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hS7oGFtU1FSrgzATA

Why did you have to cut the old gas block off??

[Texcl2]

The old $10 block was not that tight at the port and carboned up the bolts, they stripped out.

[SDW]

I received my aero gas block yesterday, safe space shipping the next day after ordering it! They are good to go but are out of stock now. Anyways Installed I yesterday, I had to cut off the old gas block, (I shoot this rifle almost everyday)had some major cleaning of carbon deposits off the barrel and bird cage. This gas block was the perfect tightness l, it took a tap of a plastic hammer to get it in place but was easily removed with a light tap of the mallet. The nitride treatment seems well done and very slick, there are a couple of machining marks on her but nothing alarming. The click stops are nice and crisp and it even came with a spare detent in case you lose the original. Will test it out and adjust it this afternoon after work.

Pardon the dark pictures.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hS7oGFtU1FSrgzATA

Hey Texcl2, would you (or anyone else?) mind measuring the thickness of your Aero GB a the very bottom? i.e. the thickness at the 6 o'clock position? I'd like to know if it'll fit in my Centurion Arms Handguard.

For comparison, I tried a spare Troy low-pro gas block in my handguard. Thickness at the bottom is 0.21" give or take. It's just barely thin enough to provide a margin of error. I have a BCM GB, which is about 0.20" thick at the bottom. If the Aero adjustable is in that ballpark, that should be good for me.

[Texcl2]

Hey Texcl2, would you (or anyone else?) mind measuring the thickness of your Aero GB a the very bottom? i.e. the thickness at the 6 o'clock position? I'd like to know if it'll fit in my Centurion Arms Handguard.

For comparison, I tried a spare Troy low-pro gas block in my handguard. Thickness at the bottom is 0.21" give or take. It's just barely thin enough to provide a margin of error. I have a BCM GB, which is about 0.20" thick at the bottom. If the Aero adjustable is in that ballpark, that should be good for me.

[Old Bob]

Hey Texcl2, would you (or anyone else?) mind measuring the thickness of your Aero GB a the very bottom? i.e. the thickness at the 6 o'clock position? I'd like to know if it'll fit in my Centurion Arms Handguard.

For comparison, I tried a spare Troy low-pro gas block in my handguard. Thickness at the bottom is 0.21" give or take. It's just barely thin enough to provide a margin of error. I have a BCM GB, which is about 0.20" thick at the bottom. If the Aero adjustable is in that ballpark, that should be good for me.

I just received a new Aero adjustable GB. At 6 O'clock on the GB it is .189" thick. Hope that helps...

[SDW]

I just received a new Aero adjustable GB. At 6 O'clock on the GB it is .189" thick. Hope that helps...

Thanks. Yes it does help. That would provide plenty of clearance.

Now if my Aero gas block would every arrive. I ordered mine through Optics Planet because of the $48 price and free shipping. However, expected shipping seems to be stuck at a perpetual "12-20 days". So out of frustration, I just went ahead and ordered my go-to basic GB, a BCM, yesterday. It was in stock and has in fact has already shipped.

I don't actually NEED an adjustable for my 16" Monster barrel upper; no suppressors allowed where I live. Just thought it would be a fun thing to experiment with for the price they offered. Oh will. Guess I'll cancel the Aero GB order.