Looking at throwing my last AR lower together (cheap) so I picked up this barrel assy for a great price. It's a VooDoo barrel with Fortis gas block and a Primary Weapons Systems FSC muzzle brake. Problem is the brake is "blind pinned" and it has a BCM barrel nut on it for a KMR hand guard. I like the big quad rails and not really a fan of the key mod rails, not to mention the BCM hand guard is pretty pricey. No other hand guard that I know of uses this same barrel nut so the question is do I attempt to ruin a nice $100 muzzle device and possibly the barrel too? Or bite the bullet and buy a KMR hand guard for a lot more than what I paid for the complete barrel set up.
If you look at the pictures you can see where the pin was welded over. Not really sure how centered it is however, I really don't think it should be that bad to remove. A friend with extensive metal work experience says its pretty hard to drill through weld. I'm thinking start with a center punch and a small carbide drill bit in a drill press and step up on the bits.
I know the right thing to do is bring it to a machine shop or gunsmith but they're expensive and wont guarantee they can save the brake or even the barrel threads.
Any advice or suggestions?
If you look at the pictures you can see where the pin was welded over. Not really sure how centered it is however, I really don't think it should be that bad to remove. A friend with extensive metal work experience says its pretty hard to drill through weld. I'm thinking start with a center punch and a small carbide drill bit in a drill press and step up on the bits.
I know the right thing to do is bring it to a machine shop or gunsmith but they're expensive and wont guarantee they can save the brake or even the barrel threads.
Any advice or suggestions?
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