AR-15 barrel nut wrench

[Minerva]

So i need to get the barrel nut off of my M4 body. Problem is my dad took the barrel wrench we had and loaned it out to a friend of his who got deployed.

So I'm SOL on using the wrench easy. Any way to get the nut off with some other type of tool that someone would have laying around? I really need to get this thing off so I can swap bodies. Hacking the nut up isn't an option as I need it for the CA25 RAS that accompanies it

Tried googleing the problem and came up with nothing

I'm stuck

[PanzerFaust]

channel locks wrapped in electrical tape, aonw has armorer's wrenches now.

[Minerva]

Explain how I would apply the channel locks to this.. It has a swiveling sort of screw thingy (don't know the technical term for it) on the nut

[tacticalpanda]

Hello;
A Ar-15/m16 barrel nut is torqued from anywhere in the 35pounds, to 80pounds. I doubt the barrel nut on your replica is torqued that tight. If you have a Slip wrench you could put a shop towel around the nut as to save it from be marred up. Then tighten the slip wrench around the shop towel, and then twist off and it should come free. this is if you have a small enough slip wrench. also you could go to home depot find some screws that will fit in the holes on the front of the Barrel nut use some duct tape to cover the threads as to not mess up the finish, and put the screws in a pair of pliers, or make a handle, and use that to loosen the barrel nut.

I hope this helps you out.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_4/226782 ... ions_.html

[Minerva]

Well I looked around and couldn't find a slip wrench of that size.. Any others?

[Rogue Reaper]

Place one of the pins in one of the holes and place a large screwdriver between the pin and the barrel. apply even presure counterclockwise ( duh) if its not to tight this will work.

[Minerva]

Place one of the pins in one of the holes and place a large screwdriver between the pin and the barrel. apply even presure counterclockwise ( duh) if its not to tight this will work.

Gaa it didn't work. I was getting enough torque to actually turn the barrel nut

[Minerva]

FOUND SOLUTION

Slid nails down into rails to fit into the slots on the nut. Attached foregrip for leverage and twisted until it popped off