Change out a gas block on an AR-15 rifle barrel

Change out a gas block on an AR-15 rifle barrel

Follow some expert gunsmiths at Brownells as they walk you through simple procedures for customizing, repairing, and maintaining your firearms. This weapons video tutorial will teach you how to change a gas block on an AR-15 rifle barrel.

The AR-15 is one of the most adaptable rifle platforms in history, and building one is easier than you think. Brownells has produced video instructions on how to change the gas block on an AR15/M16 barrel. Removing the front sight housing gas block on an AR-15 A2-style barrel and replacing it with a modular gas block is easier than you think. Just follow the video.

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IowanHunter (1) 12/3/09 12:58 PM
It would have been handy to know that the keeper pins can ONLY be removed from LEFT to RIGHT when watching the 'How to change out a gas block on an AR-15 rifle barrel' video. It sure would have saved me a HUGE headach if it were to have simply been mentioned.

"Removing the Taper Pins from the front post pins can be the most difficult and frustrating part of this conversion, closely followed by gas tube removal and replacement. If you "booger up" the pins, you'll have to drill them out or have them pressed out, neither of which is any fun at all. The pins, as the name implies are tapered. They can ONLY be removed by driving them out of the gas block from the LEFT to RIGHT."
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