Trick to remove the hand guard with out tool?

[13081]

I have never removed the hand guard on my A2.
I am told you can muscle it off.
Any advice so I don't destroy it during removal.
Thanks in advance, John.

[Marlin]

Find a friend with strong hands... They pull down on the delta ring and You pluck the handgaurds off.. That would be the easiest..

[Circuits]

Practice and beefy wrists and shoulders.

Or, the two-man method mentioned above - one person grabs the rifle by the ring and gorillas it down while the 2nd man removes the handguards.

[roman gnome]

The first time I did it by myself I used the insulated handles of my channel locks, on each side of the ring, great leverage.

But now, I just use the custom tool Marlin made!

[Marlin]

[theGinsue]

I have a file for how to make your own handguard removal tool.

I made one of these for about $5 and it works great. You have to have a vice, a propane torch, and a pair of channel lock pliers but it's not hard to make.

eMail or PM me and I can send you the MHTML (web browser viewable) file ~ it's only 282kb. (I can't find the web site that I had originally copied it from.)

[Marlin]

Yep, That's the one I made..

I didn't have all the fancy fuel line for mine though..


I just don't feel worthy...

[theGinsue]

I felt that the fuel hose would reduce the chance of damage/scratching of the gun.

I know the title of this thread it "...with out tool", but since this is so easy/cheap to make and use and we had a few folks give the only answer possible for removing the handguards without a tool (strong hands), I figured it couldn't hurt.

[Marlin]

Just giving You a hard time Ginsue,,

I just had plastic tubing left over from another project covering mine..

[theGinsue]

It's all good! I thought I sensed sarcasm & humor in your reply.

I'd like to replace the red fuel line with some heat shrink tubing to improve the aestetics of the tool, but I'm out of the stuff big enough to fit and too cheap/lazy to go find more.