First time screw up - broken No.4 rear handguard ring

[maple_leaf_eh]

First time I've done this considering all the No.4s I've had apart and put back together. I broke the ring that holds the rear of the rear handguard against the receiver ring. Anyone else done this before? I now need a another ring. This particular build is really fighting me.

 

[mr.e moose]

Bending it to try to get it over the front sight?

 

[Grizzly Adams]

NO, just take the ears off, should be able to wiggle it over. Think I got mine from Sarco.

Grizz

 

[stencollector]

Marstar has them listed as in stock for $6. Hard to beat that price.

Personally, I remove the front sight blade to remove the ring. I have found that it is too easy to stretch it trying the method mr moose describes.

 

[mr.e moose]

That is why I have a question mark. To many people try to take the easy way out and F it up.

 

[sgt_hebert]

When I desporteerized mine, I wasn't able to install it without removing the blade

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

None of the above caused my grief.

I have a NOS rear handguard with some recently applied oil finish. The ring had rotated inside the stock when I started turning the takedown screw. I backed it off, and got the ring set up properly. The break happened when I rotated the handguard into the ring. The ring broke at the two furtherest angles, where the band bends at sharper than 90-degs. Both sides let go. Then I had to dismount everything and fish out the bottom half. To reinstall, I unscrewed the ears and the foresight blade, then slid the new ring into place. I set the handguard in position without the foreend, and reassembled normally.

 

[Beater]

silver solder it back together. ive done the exact same screw up. I soldered mine back together