The EZ Castle nut is 4140 PH and Class 3 threads, buy it, stake it, and for the love of everything good in this world... stop using thread locker on castle nuts!
Finally a place where I don't agree. I've used a removable 242 for years and have come to love the option of easily removing my tube and changing configuration at will.
If I remember correctly the guide only works with the Echo Zulu castle nut. It won’t work with mil spec pattern castle nuts because the holes won’t lineup.
2 things that get me about nomenclature or words describing gun parts and procedures. "Steak" a castle nut and muzzle "break"! Yeah and loctite on castle nuts....get it RIGHT!
@@carls2210Their FSB jigs are good shit too. Had an email exchange with the owner, promptly answered any questions I had, can't go wrong with those dudes
I noticed that the included castle nut has lots of extra dimples. Does the jig only work with the included castle nut or will this work with any castle nut?
I've been using 242 since before most of these keyboard warriors could poo in the big boy potty. Never had a failure and I do just a little more than one or two for myself.
@@timrobinson6573 Watch the video that Chad from SOTAR made on the 2 BRO rifles recently. He goes into detail about why loctite is insufficient. It's much easier and much less prone to failure to just stake them.
@@BlackoutPatriot Refer to my earlier comment. Or just google it. You'll find countless stories of castle nuts backing off because they weren't staked. There's absolutely no reason not to stake castle nuts, and your anecdotal example doesn't really hold any weight.
Actually the armorers wrench that comes with the full kit fit the EZ castle nut perfectly and will never mess up the threads on the buffer tube like every other wrench/ castle nut combination I've ever tried does.. Tolerances like they should be but rarely are . Great product.
You didn't even clock the buffer tube to 6 oclock with the receiver, there is usually a small free play on the tube. When you tighten the castle nut, the tube follows clockwise. The tube is probably pass the 6 oclock and canted a bit.
Because the previous method of staking castle nuts was so amazingly complicated? For those who even choose to do so. Apparently, there are some of us, who's AR will magically fall into several pieces mid fire fight for lack of doing so ...
