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Adam Striegel

Adam Striegel

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Was trying to replace the grip on my AR with a good Hogue ruberized. While loosening the bolt on the old one it just snapped off about 1/8" off the receiver. After a string of colorful language I think I'm going to just take it in to the gun shop and see if a pro can fix it before I make it worse.
 
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Get a dremel with a cutoff wheel, cut the grip off close to the receiver and then cut a flathead slot into the bolt sticking out.
If you need help, holler. I have the dremel and a vise.
 
I got the stuff, just not a lot of experience. May have to give it a shot and see. I think the bolt that was used to put the old grip on there wasn't the right size, so cutting a slot might just snap the bolt off some more when I try to loosen it.

May have to drill that elephant dung out and use a self tapping screw. Wanted to have someone that has some experience look at it before I went nuts. Last thing I need to do is jack up my lower. lol
 
It depends on what part you broke...pictures??
If it is a non dimension critical part then you may have better luck taking it to someone who is really good with a T.I.G welder as opposed to a gun shop.
The material is inherintly porous to begin with and cleaning is the most important thing. The receiver neeeds to be super clean and they can use a dremel with an aluminum carbide cutter on it if needed, being a gun part i doubt that it is really that dirty. Make sure they pre heat!! An acetylene flame on a cutting torch to blacken the area then use a neutral flame to slowly heat that area untill all the soot is gone. That shoudl take care of the preheating. You can also use a scotchbrite pad or equivelant to clean therods before you use them.
Like I said, i'm not sure exactly what part you broke but this is one option.
If nothing else, duck tape and bailing wire.
 
nevermind...i thought you actually broke part of the lower!!

can probalby fix with a small drill bit, easy-out, and a tap chaser....
 
Lol, started to scare me for a minute. Yeah, it's just the bolt that holds the grip on. Shouldn't be all that big of deal as long as it's not made worse in the fixing. :)
 
might have loctite on it or something. try to heat it & unscrew
 
try heating the area right around the bolt with a propane torch without heating what's left of the bolt. It's does't take much heat to expand the receiver a little making the bolt easier to remove. Heat also helps with the loctite red if that was indeed part of the problem.
 
Ryan Muller said:
try heating the area right around the bolt with a propane torch without heating what's left of the bolt. It's does't take much heat to expand the receiver a little making the bolt easier to remove. Heat also helps with the loctite red if that was indeed part of the problem.
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Finally a use for my wife's creme brulee torch!
 
Burk Cornelius said:
You get a deduction in your "like" count for saying creme brulee...............and knowing that you need a torch to make it
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& even knowing how to spell it
 
I know it because my wife asked for that torch for Christmas and always orders is when we go out to eat. I knew how to spell it because I googled it. Amazingly enough when you type in "Cream Burley" it knows what you mean. lol



I jacked around with that damn thing trying to heat up the lower and just couldn't get that thing out. The bolt was so torn up I just didn't want to try the dremel trick. Ended up taking it over to Patriot and he's going to easy out it for me, put the new grip on, and install a couple other items I bought because I was too asswhipped at that point to do anymore. lol

I've got that rifle all black except for the stock at this point, which is OD Green. I ran out of cash buying the other toys and ammo so I can't replace it for awhile. Anyone know if some plastic spray paint will stick well enough on those MagPul's to get by until I can get a new stock? Having that one part green is bugging me... It's like wearing white after labor day or something. (Now THAT deserves a -1 like)
 
Adam Striegel said:
I know it because my wife asked for that torch for Christmas and always orders is when we go out to eat. I knew how to spell it because I googled it. Amazingly enough when you type in "Cream Burley" it knows what you mean. lol



I jacked around with that damn thing trying to heat up the lower and just couldn't get that thing out. The bolt was so torn up I just didn't want to try the dremel trick. Ended up taking it over to Patriot and he's going to easy out it for me, put the new grip on, and install a couple other items I bought because I was too asswhipped at that point to do anymore. lol

I've got that rifle all black except for the stock at this point, which is OD Green. I ran out of cash buying the other toys and ammo so I can't replace it for awhile. Anyone know if some plastic spray paint will stick well enough on those MagPul's to get by until I can get a new stock? Having that one part green is bugging me... It's like wearing white after labor day or something. (Now THAT deserves a -1 like)
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They dye Pmags, so why not dye the plastic buttstock? Might be a better more permenant result without worrying about paint flaking off.
 
CrtsHarris said:
They dye Pmags, so why not dye the plastic buttstock? Might be a better more permenant result without worrying about paint flaking off.
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What kind of dye do you use for something like that?
 
I'm curious...What part of the COW does creme brulee come from??

You can get the paint to stick, although it will still wear off unless it is a very durable paint and you will not be able to match sheen that is on the rest of the gun.

In order to paint plastics you need to clean well and oxidize if possible.
Clean the stock first with equal parts (ish) of toluene, acetone, and MEK (methylethylketone).
USE NITRILE GLOVES.
 
Googling around, it looks like Rit Dye from Walmart does an excellent job on the PMags. Think I'll give it a shot on that stock and see what happens. Worst case, I'll have a funky colored stock for a couple weeks. Best case it turns out OK and I don't have to buy a new one for a long while. :D
 
I wonder if the Rit dye that they dye clothes would work? Might try some of it in an area that can't be seen.

Edit: you typed faster than I could. :D
 
dennishoddy said:
I wonder if the Rit dye that they dye clothes would work? Might try some of it in an area that can't be seen.

Edit: you typed faster than I could. :D
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lol :)

My wife has some of that in black left over from trying to make a halloween costume, so probably give it a shot this weekend.
 
lol :)
Adam Striegel said:
My wife has some of that in black left over from trying to make a halloween costume, so probably give it a shot this weekend.
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AR15.com has a shite ton of pages about dying PMags. I think it's the Ninja-cool thing to do, but have to admit, some do look pretty impresive. From what I read, they use RIT dye and they even talk about number of packets to use, water temps during mixing and what colors to expect when dying different color plastics.

http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=6&f=19&t=313507
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_17/484089_.html&page=1

There are some links I found, haven't tried it, but it looks like enough info for you to try.
 
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