11-23-2013, 11:17 PM
XCR,
Thanks for that info. I had read that the torgue specs on the 5.56 were from 30-80#'s. Also have read that the lower that value was that the less "torque or distortion" that was imparted to the upper, and therefore the better the accuracy. That was also another thing I liked about the Diamondhead hand guard, not having to line up the gas tube with notches on the nut. I also watched a couple of youtube video's, one by a competent gunsmith (some others I wasn't so impressed with). It seems like a pretty straight forward assembly, compared to head spacing a bolt action.
Edit: Just found some more info when I did a search for barrel nut torque. Migh help someone else also.
http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthrea...rel+torque
Thanks for that info. I had read that the torgue specs on the 5.56 were from 30-80#'s. Also have read that the lower that value was that the less "torque or distortion" that was imparted to the upper, and therefore the better the accuracy. That was also another thing I liked about the Diamondhead hand guard, not having to line up the gas tube with notches on the nut. I also watched a couple of youtube video's, one by a competent gunsmith (some others I wasn't so impressed with). It seems like a pretty straight forward assembly, compared to head spacing a bolt action.
Edit: Just found some more info when I did a search for barrel nut torque. Migh help someone else also.
http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthrea...rel+torque