11-17-2020, 12:41 AM
Speaking of gas tubes, heres a tale of two builds..
My last gas block would not fit any bench block I had. I finally decided to use the fireplace brick mortar gaps, with a rag for support. It worked fine, actually super easy.
While helping a friend do his build, we had an absolute nightmare. The roll pin was either out of spec, had a raised edge, or the gas tube hole was on the tight end of the tolerance band. Jammed his pin, broke my roll pin punch, had all sorts of issues. We thought it was a lost cause before a hail-Mary with vise-grips got it out.
Then I bought this...
[video=youtube_share;gL_rf01b0hs]https://youtu.be/gL_rf01b0hs[/video]
This looks like the easy way. So many different gas block shapes, no bench block will work for all.
$20.
https://www.saintmichaelsarmament.com/shop/widget-750
My last gas block would not fit any bench block I had. I finally decided to use the fireplace brick mortar gaps, with a rag for support. It worked fine, actually super easy.
While helping a friend do his build, we had an absolute nightmare. The roll pin was either out of spec, had a raised edge, or the gas tube hole was on the tight end of the tolerance band. Jammed his pin, broke my roll pin punch, had all sorts of issues. We thought it was a lost cause before a hail-Mary with vise-grips got it out.
Then I bought this...
[video=youtube_share;gL_rf01b0hs]https://youtu.be/gL_rf01b0hs[/video]
This looks like the easy way. So many different gas block shapes, no bench block will work for all.
$20.
https://www.saintmichaelsarmament.com/shop/widget-750