Go Back   Professional Soldiers ® > Special Forces Weapons > Weapons Discussion Area

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 08-28-2011, 11:18   #1
MTN Medic
Quiet Professional
 
MTN Medic's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: FCCO
Posts: 403
MOD XM15-E2S

Just bought a Bushmaster MOD XM15-E2S rifle length with the heavy chrome lined barrel. I want to put a free float tube on it and was wondering how hard this would be to do myself OR how much would be an acceptable amount to pay a 'smith. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
__________________
"The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools. -Thucydides:

Last edited by MTN Medic; 08-28-2011 at 11:54.
MTN Medic is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-28-2011, 12:00   #2
Peregrino
Quiet Professional
 
Peregrino's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Occupied Pineland
Posts: 4,701
Quote:
Originally Posted by MTN Medic View Post
Just bought a Bushmaster MOD XM15-E2S rifle length. I want to put a free float tube on it and was wondering how hard this would be to do myself OR how much would be an acceptable amount to pay a 'smith. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Depends on the FFT. Doing it yourself isn't a big deal provided you take your time. A lot will depend on the rifle's current setup. You will need tools that you probably don't have; hence my recommendation to take it to a GS. You provide the FFT, a competent GS can install it in less than 15 minutes. Shouldn't cost more than $30-40.
__________________
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.

~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (42B.C)
Peregrino is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-28-2011, 12:35   #3
MTN Medic
Quiet Professional
 
MTN Medic's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: FCCO
Posts: 403
Yeah, I was looking at the smithy wrench and I think it cost about that, so might as well have a pro do it. I doubt I would ever need the tool again. Thanks
__________________
"The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools. -Thucydides:
MTN Medic is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-28-2011, 12:55   #4
koz
Quiet Professional
 
koz's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: TN
Posts: 933
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_4/226...ructions_.html

This is actually an informative thread on DIY AR15 stuff. But if you're only going to do one, find someone with the tools.
koz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-29-2011, 13:47   #5
Iraqgunz
Guerrilla
 
Iraqgunz's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Wisconsin BCM territory
Posts: 152
Well aside from wasting money by putting a good rail on a Bushmaster one of the easier solutions that will require minimal works is to get a Centurion Arms rail system. All you need to do is cut the Delta ring from the weapon and then install the top and bottom rail, then tighten the screws. They are solid rails and the owner is a Navy SEAL who is still on active duty.
Iraqgunz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-08-2011, 11:52   #6
expdnarc
Asset
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Clarksville, TN
Posts: 4
The Centurion arms rail is robust and solid and will require the removal of the delta ring assembly for installation. The Daniel Defense omega rails will use the delta ring and floats the barrel, and you can return the rifle to original configuration if you so choose. both can be installed with minimal effort and no gunsmith.

https://danieldefense.com/rail-syste...2-0-rifle.html

https://centurionarms.com/index.php?...mart&Itemid=47
expdnarc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2011, 04:55   #7
Iraqgunz
Guerrilla
 
Iraqgunz's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Wisconsin BCM territory
Posts: 152
I totally forgot about that particular DD rail. Probbaly because I am so use to working with the others.

Quote:
Originally Posted by expdnarc View Post
The Centurion arms rail is robust and solid and will require the removal of the delta ring assembly for installation. The Daniel Defense omega rails will use the delta ring and floats the barrel, and you can return the rifle to original configuration if you so choose. both can be installed with minimal effort and no gunsmith.

https://danieldefense.com/rail-syste...2-0-rifle.html

https://centurionarms.com/index.php?...mart&Itemid=47
Iraqgunz is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 15:18.



Copyright 2004-2022 by Professional Soldiers ®
Site Designed, Maintained, & Hosted by Hilliker Technologies