Greenhorse six
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
First off , I apologize , I'm not that good at putting ideals in to words , so bare with me .
This whole thing is easier then you think , I recently picked up a Mossberg 500 with out a barrel off the EE and with it came a few goodies , like a ATI forend tool for taking off the castle nut with out removing the slide action and a Bantam wood forend with slide assy , this got me thinking about how fit a magpul forend , sure others have done it , and you've all seen the pictures , but , they've all look like it's too far forward and I wanted to still have room for a sling plate under the mag cap , so I used the Bamtam forend as a guide and how it fits over the receiver with the slide back , the rest was easy .
You'll need a 1 3/8" hole saw , a friend with a drill press , a dremel with a cut off wheel , a table vise and about 4 beer .
I also used a old Mossberg forend for practise .
Set the drill press table at 90° , place the magpul moe against it , use this as a guide and go slow , little at a time , keep checking the fit , do this slow , it's easier to take off Material then add , take some off , put it in the vise , go in from the back with the dremel cut off wheel to clean it up and relieve the sides for the action bar springs , repeat as needed .
And if you can , get a ATI forend tool , the plastic one that comes with the magpul is great , but I snapped the lugs off tightening mine down , the metal one won't break .
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This whole thing is easier then you think , I recently picked up a Mossberg 500 with out a barrel off the EE and with it came a few goodies , like a ATI forend tool for taking off the castle nut with out removing the slide action and a Bantam wood forend with slide assy , this got me thinking about how fit a magpul forend , sure others have done it , and you've all seen the pictures , but , they've all look like it's too far forward and I wanted to still have room for a sling plate under the mag cap , so I used the Bamtam forend as a guide and how it fits over the receiver with the slide back , the rest was easy .
You'll need a 1 3/8" hole saw , a friend with a drill press , a dremel with a cut off wheel , a table vise and about 4 beer .
I also used a old Mossberg forend for practise .
Set the drill press table at 90° , place the magpul moe against it , use this as a guide and go slow , little at a time , keep checking the fit , do this slow , it's easier to take off Material then add , take some off , put it in the vise , go in from the back with the dremel cut off wheel to clean it up and relieve the sides for the action bar springs , repeat as needed .
And if you can , get a ATI forend tool , the plastic one that comes with the magpul is great , but I snapped the lugs off tightening mine down , the metal one won't break .
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