DPMS AR10 upper disassembly

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How do I get this thing apart? It has a full floating hand guard. It’s not like the AR15 at all. I want to change the receiver.

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Can you post a pic of it?

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Shouldnt the handguard unscrew from the barrel nut?

Also read the Q & A on Brownells site
https://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts/forend-amp-handguard-parts/handguards-amp-rails/308-ar-free-float-handguard-prod45306.aspx

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That’s what I was thinking but, last time I tried to unscrew something that didn’t want to move, I ended up shearing off a locking pin. :flushed:

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Both the tools video and Brownells are saying there is probably locktite and you would need a strap wrench.

I am not an AR guy though.
Mayb someone wirh AR experience will chime in.

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Well that’s how mine works. The barrel nut is threaded on the inside and out. So the hand guard just threads onto it. It’s a bitch to tighten so I wouldn’t be surprised if there was loctite on it.

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I just broke it all down. Pretty easy actually. The only thing that had loctite was the two set screws in the gas block. I had to heat it to get them out. Not real sure if I need to put loctite back on them.

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Glad you got it sorted out.

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