So, like many good builds I’ve done in the past, I wound up with this extra barrel nut just laying around...
Actually, I bought a upper and free floater from a member and the barrel nut came with it. Anyway, the dang nut needed a 34mm wrench... dang.
The jaws on my crescent wrench (my daddy calls it a Mexican speed wrench but told me never to call it that on the count of this day and age) are too fat to fit in the allotted space and my biggest box end is inch and a quarter... and how ya gonna torque that barrel to spec anyway? Well lemme tell ya. I figured it out. I just sent Jr out to the shed to fetch the BBW. That’s right, the Big Barrel nut Wrench...
And got her done we did. So next time one of you guys are putting together a new AR-08 or other AR with an oversized nut, don’t use a pipe wrench for Jake’s sake. Get a BBW and get that puppy built right.
Actually, I bought a upper and free floater from a member and the barrel nut came with it. Anyway, the dang nut needed a 34mm wrench... dang.
The jaws on my crescent wrench (my daddy calls it a Mexican speed wrench but told me never to call it that on the count of this day and age) are too fat to fit in the allotted space and my biggest box end is inch and a quarter... and how ya gonna torque that barrel to spec anyway? Well lemme tell ya. I figured it out. I just sent Jr out to the shed to fetch the BBW. That’s right, the Big Barrel nut Wrench...
And got her done we did. So next time one of you guys are putting together a new AR-08 or other AR with an oversized nut, don’t use a pipe wrench for Jake’s sake. Get a BBW and get that puppy built right.
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