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Flash arrestor

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Topic: Flash arrestor

Posted By: 6878mm
Subject: Flash arrestor
Date Posted: January 29 2025 at 4:44am

How??? is the flash arrestor on a nomber5 rifle removed??

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Pete

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Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: January 29 2025 at 7:59am

Very carefully and with great patients.

The two cross pins are tapered, so you need to figure out which way to punch them out.

Soak every thing well with penetrating oil of one sort or another.

Once the pins are out tap on the bayonet lug and sight protector with a suitable hammer, NOT A BALL PIN HAMMER!!!!!! or any other steel persuader.

If it dosn`t budge, heat cycle it, striking it off whilst the flash hider/sight is hot. These where most likely pressed on originally, so they`re freaken tight most times.

This how I`ve done it many times.

Why prey tell do you want to remove the flash hider?

Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: January 29 2025 at 1:10pm

what he said , dont think they were intended to be removed