ChattanoogaPhil
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I think Smith used an impact wrench to put my nut on
Where are you guys holding onto the barrel/gun when you try to loosen the nut? I'm a big guy and I can't get this nut to break loose and I'm worried that with too much force on the gun I'm going to break the plastic.
Step #1 make sure you are twisting in the correct direction.
I bridged the upper and rail with my scope riser to keep them as one unit. The barrel nut came right off without a struggle. And I only used a piece of PVC with two tabs instead of four.If the freaking rifle can be broken with two little PVC tabs then I got special garbage can for it.
Where folks have got themselves into trouble with the 15-22 is trying to clock their flash supressor with a crush washer which can require way too much torque directly to the barrel resulting in the barrel actually twisting out of position.... FUBAR. Gotta use a barrel vice for that. I just hand tighten my DPMS supressor and it clocks perfectly... but then again.... Belt_Fed did my barrel threading and worked on the DPMS before I put it on so I expected nothing less.
