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Is removing the flash hider from an AR15

slingerslinger Member Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭
edited October 2009 in Ask the Experts
as simple as turning it counterclockwise as viewed from the front? (looking down the barrel) Any tricks to know?
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  • iwannausernameiwannausername Member Posts: 7,131
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by slinger
    as simple as turning it counterclockwise as viewed from the front? (looking down the barrel) Any tricks to know?


    Depends on how it is attached - if you have a short barrel and are using the hider to make the 16" minimum, then it is goign to be pinned and/or silver soldered on.

    Otherwise, yeah, just unscrew it.
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  • NwcidNwcid Member Posts: 10,674 ✭
    edited November -1
    No super tricks other then what was already stated.
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,879 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Brownell's has a video on their website that will explain everything in detail.

    Neal
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  • dfletcherdfletcher Member Posts: 8,168 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've done a few. Unless the barrel is a 14.5" with pinned/welded FH in place, it should simply unscrew. Make certain you have the upper anchored well. I always use the front sight post since it's pinned to the barrel. You don't want to clamp the receiver in a vise since it, not the FH, may end up turning.
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