Handguard removal

Talk about the AR15 style rifles chambered in 450 Bushmaster.

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Re: Handguard removal

Postby SharpMSC » Sun Jan 08, 2017 6:49 am

Finally got it off, heat gun wasn't getting it hot enough so I busted out the torch.
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Re: Handguard removal

Postby jarhead1234 » Sun Jan 15, 2017 7:59 pm

New to the whole building an ar thing. Does anyone have any pictures of what needs to come off to get the hand guards off my 450 upper? I'm wanting to paint everything fde before putting it all together. Any help from you guys would be great. Thanks.
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Re: Handguard removal

Postby SharpMSC » Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:21 am

jarhead1234 wrote:New to the whole building an ar thing. Does anyone have any pictures of what needs to come off to get the hand guards off my 450 upper? I'm wanting to paint everything fde before putting it all together. Any help from you guys would be great. Thanks.


You will need to take the gas block off, then remove the free floating handguard
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Re: Handguard removal

Postby Jim in Houston » Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:38 pm

SharpMSC wrote:
jarhead1234 wrote:New to the whole building an ar thing. Does anyone have any pictures of what needs to come off to get the hand guards off my 450 upper? I'm wanting to paint everything fde before putting it all together. Any help from you guys would be great. Thanks.


You will need to take the gas block off, then remove the free floating handguard


You may need to remove the muzzle brake as well to get the gas block off.
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Re: Handguard removal

Postby Hoot » Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:19 pm

Here's a Link to an article I just finished, detailing how to remove your stock handguard. It resides in the Hoot's Information Depository sub-forum.

Post any questions here. I'll do what I can to help, as will others.

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Re: Handguard removal

Postby jarhead1234 » Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:45 pm

Thanks a lot that's exactly what I was looking for. Great job on the write up.
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