Word of Caution: Broke My Bbl Bolt This Evening.

[Sean K.]

I have uninstalled and reinstalled my barrell many times without problems.

Are you completely removing the bolt from the upper or just backing it out enough to remove the barrel?

I do the latter and never the former.

Just enough to get the bbl off. However, that shouldn't matter since if you can remove the bbl there is no load on the bolt anyway.

Sean

[Sean K.]

I torque the piss out of mine, never had the bolt or barrel come loose on me.

I guess I'm just more manly than you Chris. I knew all that masturbation would pay off eventually. I'm FINALLY more manly than someone.

Sean

[LurpyGeek]

Wow, Sean. That sucks. This isn't meant to sound dickish, but companies should hire you to test their products. You seem to have the worst of luck and get hit with anything that can go wrong. I feel for you.

Bravo, if you have any more extra barrel screws, I might be interested in one.

[DSM]

I torque the piss out of mine, never had the bolt or barrel come loose on me.

I guess I'm just more manly than you Chris. I knew all that masturbation would pay off eventually. I'm FINALLY more manly than someone.

Sean

Nah, the bolt was probably improperly heat treated. You're still a girly man.

http://www.futek.com/boltcalc.aspx

Here's a calculator for torque specs. It doesn't compensate for there being a helicoil though so I don't know if that would change specs?

[Sean K.]

Wow, Sean. That sucks. This isn't meant to sound dickish, but companies should hire you to test their products. You seem to have the worst of luck and get hit with anything that can go wrong. I feel for you.

Bravo, if you have any more extra barrel screws, I might be interested in one.

Ya, I'm a shit magnet. No doubt about that.

Sean

[Sean K.]

I torque the piss out of mine, never had the bolt or barrel come loose on me.

I guess I'm just more manly than you Chris. I knew all that masturbation would pay off eventually. I'm FINALLY more manly than someone.

Sean

Nah, the bolt was probably improperly heat treated. You're still a girly man.

http://www.futek.com/boltcalc.aspx

Here's a calculator for torque specs. It doesn't compensate for there being a helicoil though so I don't know if that would change specs?

Dang it.....I'm still a bitch. Oh well, at least I know all about Coach purses.

Sean

[DSM]

Oh well, at least I know all about Coach purses.

I almost tripped on one walking up the damn stairs tonight. Don't get me started...

[Loonster]

To get the screw out, you might need a left-handed drill. The bit itself is rather expensive (compared to normal bits). And, you could damage your rifle if you're not careful.

Edit: Not sure if you were asking on how to get it out or not.

[Underground]

I broke off the head of my bbl bolt on the 10.5" today upon reassembly.

Hercules, hercules... Dang Sean, showing it some love brother?

Sounds like we need to get you some of these http://ironmind-store.com/Bag-of-Nai...ductinfo/1236/

[dont_tread_on_me]

I have set screws in both my XCR's and have never had a barrel bolt come loose.I have taken them off many times to clean the barrel.The barrel bolt set screw I use is approximately 9/16's long and the Allen wrench it uses is 5/32 and it has never shown the first sign of stripping.I got mine from Bravo as well.Sean the set screws you need are pointed and when you get them all you need to do is touch them to a file or grinding wheel for just a second.You just really need to remove the point is all.