Putting together tool kit for AR10

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13 years 9 months ago #6587 by NMcoyote
I am a newbie to the site. I also just finished putting together AR10 lower but do not have all the tools for a complete assembly (upper, barrel, etc). Is there certain standard tools that are essential for working on uppers? Who carries reasonably priced tools and equipment for AR10 work?

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13 years 9 months ago #6601 by donkey1984
WELOME TO THE GROUP!!!! I would try and talk to BMS(building my sass). I would also look on midway usa.

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13 years 8 months ago #6657 by mrraley
A lot of this is going to depend on how you want to build your rifle.

Do you want to free float the hand guard?

If not, regular M15 armorer tools will do the trick. For ArmaLite specific rifles you may want to check out there web site to get the upper receiver blocks though.

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13 years 8 months ago #6683 by NMcoyote
Thank you mrraley and donkey. I would like to be able to tackle a free floating barrel. I have another AR with free float already on it and it is a tack driver, so I defineately want to go that way. I have looked at sites like midway and brownnells. Both have good stuff, but haven't decided what I need vs. what I want for tools. Thanks for the tip to go to BMS as that is a wealth of info.

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13 years 8 months ago #6688 by mrraley
Brownells has complete kits that you can look through. All the way from field kits to advanced armorer kits in big boxes.

But for the ArmaLite free float wrench, I will say go to ArmaLites web site. The reason I say this is because the M15 and the AR10 free float barrel nut is diferent on both. The regular barrel nut will use the same wrench, just not the free float wrench.

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13 years 8 months ago #6813 by NMcoyote
Its a good tip to know. Ill pinch some pennies and nickles my next paycheck and get one. Thanks.

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13 years 8 months ago #6826 by BUILDING MY SASS
mrraley wrote:

has complete kits that you can look through. All the way from field kits to advanced armorer kits in big boxes.

But for the ArmaLite free float wrench, I will say go to ArmaLites web site. The reason I say this is because the M15 and the AR10 free float barrel nut is diferent on both. The regular barrel nut will use the same wrench, just not the free float wrench.


Mrraley....won't the prongs on the back side of the Smith Enterprise wrench work...Dave in the Armory sent me one once...when I was trying to adjust my barrel nut...

NMcoyote Welcome to the site...sorry have been in and out for awhile....One thing that was not mentioned was for building a rifle is a set of "vice blocks" for the upper receiver...Do not attempt any barrel work with out them...there is a way but I won't say it...LOL....any way...as Mr R stated early on...what tools are needed depends on the level of need...
Vice blocks
Barrel nut wrench
Stock wrench
punches
needle nosed pliers
Allen wrenches.
of course screw drivers, ;)
Crescent wrench..
I think that about some it up...or at least the extent of mine anyway...
Here is the barrel nut wrench that I use and was told that the factory smiths use...
www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/productd...=851115001aa&s=31094

of course there are many other tools that gun smiths use so more investigation may be warranted...
I would also contact ArmaLite to double check if there are any special tools needed...
Hope it helps....
BMS

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13 years 8 months ago #6848 by NMcoyote
I will definately start looking around for vice blocks. Since I haven't done a complete build yet - are the needle nose pliers for a specific task or a miscellaneous tool?

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