hillbilly grandpa
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The holes are there so you can meet Chad, so he can 'splain it to you.
What are the holes for?
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In case one hole breaks or if you want to play the 3 hole version of Triangle Peg Solitaire!!
I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with that "Buttstock Screw"... especially in a thread entitled, "What are the holes for?"
WatTyler
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Winner. Game, set, match.
I am really surprised nobody said you put 2 in the pink and one in the stink ...
CrazySanMan
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cpo
hmmm......
Best thread ever. Thank you. I still have no idea. Lol. I'm not convinced they are for hanging. Because none of those other holes or hooks can be used for hanging? I even saw one manufacturer answer the same question and said they were for "weight reduction". I don't buy that either. I just find it interesting that there are a few different designs that have those same three holes... But they are never mentioned or used.
Taint no one's business but the OP's on what he wants to do with those holes.
Ive seen too many mystery holes in my life.
- Jul 29, 2014
- 49,996
Gotta look harder...
One is where the food goes in. The other is where it comes out. What you do with them is your own business...
Not quite as crudely put but...
ezracer
Certified Gun Nut
Shh.....it's just another coded message to the Grand Masters of the Knights Templar!!!
cpo
hmmm......
Okay....most plausible response I've seen yet. My buddy was also asking around, and someone told him that it was for bending gas tubes if you make your own. That also explains the chamfered holes. There would be no reason to chamfer if they are for weight reduction or hanging...
- Jul 29, 2014
- 49,996
Hanging? No death penalty in Maryland! Now used for the Henn Wae or Dicke Fore. Most newer ARs have one or the other
- Jul 29, 2014
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clandestine
AR-15 Savant
Okay....most plausible response I've seen yet. My buddy was also asking around, and someone told him that it was for bending gas tubes if you make your own. That also explains the chamfered holes. There would be no reason to chamfer if they are for weight reduction or hanging...
I thinking someone just made that one up. I'm always willing to learn, but when bending a Gas Tube one needs something that grabs the Gas Tube evenly to prevent kinking the walls. The Mark Brown/Brownells Gas Tube wrench is a great tool for that. Sully at SLR Rifleworks also makes a vise block that does the same thing.
I have to bend Gas Tubes when installing a new Gas Tubes on older AR's with national match free float tubes. They require the older bend design to clear the float tube.
Bending is also necessary to make sure the Gas Tube floats in the Carrier Key without binding. IME, the M-Guns Tool is best for that, but some use screwdrivers and tools that damage the Upper Receiver or Gas Tube.
- Jul 29, 2014
- 49,996
This is how you bend small diameter piping.
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