Holding Max31k in Vice?

[Ericoak]

I want to remove the muzzle device on my Max-31k. Was planning on clamping the upper receiver between blocks of wood in a vice. Do I need to put another wrench on the barrel to keep the barrel from unscrewing?

Also, what wrench do you guys use? The wrenches I had handy didn't fit in the small gap between the barrel flat and the muzzle device.

 

[Garrett]

Also, what wrench do you guys use? The wrenches I had handy didn't fit in the small gap between the barrel flat and the muzzle device.

Buy a cheap set of wrenches and grind them until they are narrow enough until they fit.

You might be just fine clamping the receiver in a vice... unless you’re not. Wrecking a couple cheap wrenches is much preferable to wrecking your MAX-31. And the wrenches are not really even wrecked. They will now be your custom barrel wrenches.

 

[m11stuff@hotmail.com]

You can hold it lightly in a padded vise, but I would use a 3/4” wrench on the barrel and another on the muzzle device to remove it. If you are removing a muzzle device from a Mk1 steel receiver, I would put the bolt assembly in the upper to help prevent it from getting crushed/deformed.

 

[GunsCarsPlanes]

You can hold it lightly in a padded vise, but I would use a 3/4” wrench on the barrel and another on the muzzle device to remove it. If you are removing a muzzle device from a Mk1 steel receiver, I would put the bolt assembly in the upper to help prevent it from getting crushed/deformed.

I was just wondering yesterday... is there a crush washer between the barrel & max31 muzzle device?

 

[m11stuff@hotmail.com]

I was just wondering yesterday... is there a crush washer between the barrel & max31 muzzle device?

No, there is not.

 

[sigstroker]

You can also look for bicycle wrenches, they are thin.

 

[A&S Conversions]

The thin wrenches I use for muzzle devices are called tappet wrenches. They are thinner than a standard combination wrench. The tappet wrench fits the notch in a muzzle device and you don't have to worry about ruining the heat treatment of the wrench grinding it thin enough to work on the muzzle device.

Scott