Removing a buttstock from a Stag Arms Model 2 M-4

[Guest]

Hi guys,

I am trying to remove my 'adjustable' stock from my AR.

The problem I am having is removing the tube from the lower.

Is there anyway to get this off without a spanner wrench?

I am sure in NJ its loctited on.

I am going to put a regular buttstock on it.

Any advice on how to get this tube off?

I took the spring and buffer out BTW..

[bbk 188]

I doubt you'll be able to get off the castle nut (receiver extension nut) without a spanner wrench. I'm sure someone can lend you one though (and they are fairly inexpensive). That plus a little heat should do the trick.

[Guest]

Hair dryer heat, or blow torch heat?

Do you think they sell the spanners at HD?

[EchoMirage 137]

where in NNJ are you. you can borrow mine.

[s8n 14]

I just removed the stock from my Stag m8 and the castle nut was staked. I have a hammerhead rifle tool which accepts a half inch drive ratchet.I used a breaker bar to muscle the castle nut off.There was no locktite.I never would have been able to remove it without the spanner.

[lunker 274]

It is a bitch. The castle nut on my Colt Match Target would have never come off without that spanner tool.

[bbk 188]

Definitely a bit more heat then a blow dryer. I wouldn't say necessarily a blow torch, but going back and forth on the nut with a lighter for a few seconds at a time would work.

[Guest]

where in NNJ are you. you can borrow mine.

[EchoMirage 137]

im in wallington, if you feel like stopping by sometime this weekend before sunday. i have the wrench and enough tools to take anything apart.

[PK90 3,570]

Pipe wrench?

[lunker 274]

Pipe wrench?

 

 

That'll probably work, but you won't be showing off your pristine castle nut to your friends. I would imagine a pipe wrench would do a number on the finish. I wouldn't think a new one would cost much though.

[jermz1987 243]

I'm in the same boat. I want to change the stock on my 556 so Ill be removing the stock,buffer tube etc.... When reading online everyone keeps saying i need one of these.

 

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1688 ... OCK_WRENCH

[Krdshrk 3,877]

If you're close to me, I have one of those wrenches. Let me know if you want to borrow it.