Barrel Shroud Installation

[cjt50]

Since I can't buy ammo and mags due to the silliness, It's time to dress up the ole MP15-22. Been looking at a Kineti-Tech barrel shroud, (fake can, they do look nice)

I have installed a bunch of barrel devices on full size AR's and know there is a recommended torque. However, with the 6" shroud, there is no way you can grab the barrel with a vise and blocks. Is hand tight good enough, or is there a locking device in the shroud? Should a lock washer be used?

It will be going on a threaded barrel.

Thanks in advance....

 

[Rambo101]

I was told not to put a locking device (lock washer, lockite etc) on the shroud because in the process of removing it you could damage your upper (assuming you are putting this on your 15-22) because there is no way to hold the barrel to stop it from tearing up the polymer. I put mine on hand tight and just keep checking periodicity while shooting and so far it has never come loose after hundreds of rounds.

 

[yugowego]

I'm thinking of trying a split washer on my Kinetic-Tech... It has come loose on me after one mag and it was hand tightened.

 

[beemerphile]

Don't you guys know that barrel shrouds are a military feature and therefore a danger to children and police officers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rGpykAX1fo

 

[yugowego]

Don't you guys know that barrel shrouds are a military feature and therefore a danger to children and police officers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rGpykAX1fo

Lol too funny.... "A shoulder thing that goes up"... What?

 

[sean274]

Just my two cents...if you're on national TV, then you should know the terminology in a bill that you support. This just goes to show how un-knowledgable our law makers are on gun issues!

 

[Jacwil]

Don't you guys know that barrel shrouds are a military feature and therefore a danger to children and police officers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rGpykAX1fo

Scary...but PRICELESS!!!

 

[Gopher Slayer]

Hand tight.

Cut up a rubber patch or inner tube. You can trace the shape/size you want with sockets from your toolbox.

You can make several to use as alignment shims or just one to give it a locking affect.

 

[Majorlk]

Blue LocTite on the threads. DO NOT USE RED, that will take heat to remove!

 

[cjt50]

Thanks for the suggestions folks. I'm going to pick one up and see how it works out. They really do enhance the look of the 15-22. (IMHO )

 

[CL2Zero]

ctj50, I am with you on this one.
I have been drooling over a kineti-tech shroud for a couple of weeks. It just adds an extra layer of awesome or something.
Be sure to post up some pictures when you get the new shroud installed.

 

[TDI Brad]

"Do you know a barrel shroud is?" LOL

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[tacticool22]

You can re-use your crush washer since you are not going to put enough torque with your hands to really crush it. Or you could use a new one.
A split ring washer will cut some material away from the shoulder of the threads or the back of the shroud or both. I would not use one.

 

[yugowego]

You can re-use your crush washer since you are not going to put enough torque with your hands to really crush it. Or you could use a new one.
A split ring washer will cut some material away from the shoulder of the threads or the back of the shroud or both. I would not use one.

Thanks, i got some crushwashers laying around... Ill give it a try.

 

[cjt50]

Yea, I'm leaning that way my self. Re-using the old one sounds like a good plan if the hand tight option doesn't work out.