Never thought of that. Thanks!
Try getting a heat gun, and heating the flash supressor (NOT the barrel), and it should come off easier.
Not a good idea. You need to clamp the barrel as close to the muzzle brake as possible, either make a set of barrel vises out of wood like mentioned in the thread or buy/borrow/steal a barrel vise block for the correct barrel diameter. If you clamp the upper receiver only while torquing on the muzzle brake, something is going to break. The upper receiver is attached to the barrel and then the barrel is attached to the brake. Two different operations, two different tool sets. Get FBT or someone in the Tulsa area with the correct tools to help you!
What's not a good idea? If you are talking about using a clamshell receiver block to remove a muzzle device, I'll agree that it would not be my FIRST choice. As to damaging something, very unlikely unless that muzzle device is way overtorqued. Through the last several years, I have used a clamshell block in a pinch many times and have yet to have an issue. If at all possible though, just use a barrel vise and rosin.
What do you do when you have a 9" handguard and a 10.5 inch barrel? Or a 16" barrel and 15" handguard? Only way I see is with an upper receiver fixture.
Clamp the barrel or a reaction rod for muzzle devices. A clamshell for barrel nuts.
Never had enough barrel to clamp. Googled reaction rod and Brownells now has $50 bucks of mine. Thank you!
