Will a Dremal?

[25mm]

Can I use a dremal to cut a bayonet lug off of an Ar barrel?

 

[Boomer686]

Sure... but it may be easier with a Dremel

I have seen AR's with the integral handle cut off and the front sight post cut off... both with mixed results. A lot will depend on the finish work after the fact. Neither is a mod I would do but opinions vary.

Why would you want to cut the bayo lug off???

 

[Juster]

Yes.
Edit: I have a Dremel drill press and a vice with an X-Y base, so you can use that as a "poor man's mill" with the cutoff tool. Less likely to slip and gouge the barrel.
Like this:

 

[canucklehead]

Yep. Might take a while though... I just took the handguards off, and freehanded with a bench grinder until the lug was 'almost' gone... that's all I needed to clear my FF rail.

Die grinder works better than a dremel, but you knew that already... cut-off disks on the dremel setup usually suck arse.

 

[darkshadow]

Can't hurt to try.

Cheaper to buy a thin cutoff disk for a grinder and clean it up with the dremal/file, then who knows how many dremal ends it would
Take.

 

[ben hunchak]

What happens if you need to use the bayonet?

 

[25mm]

LOL thnx, it is to install a fake can on it. wont screw on due to bayo lug

 

[Claven2]

I'd rather have the lug than an ugly fake can... YMMV.

 

[sarge]

What happens if you need to use the bayonet?

Duck tape!!!

 

[5440fight]

Hmm, disfigure a working component, to attach a non-working one... me no like. But it's your gun. A dremel will be a PIA, use a angle grinder and a vice, dremel to clean it up.

 

[25mm]

I like the look of the fake can, can't remember the last time I had to do a bayo charge at the range or at work lol. I know the can does not work but I loves it

 

[enefgee]

Of course a Dremel can f*ck up a perfectly good AR - remember their Motto - "Dremel: We've F*cked up more guns than the CGC"

 

[25mm]

lol

 

[t-star]

if you use a fiberglas wheel instead of of the 409s , it won't shatter - number 426

 

[25mm]

right on thnx, for the tip

 

[CHAO5]

+1 for grinder with Dremel / file follow-up.



ALso +1 for be careful not to get careless. LOl

 

[recce]

Yes. I used a dremel with a cut off wheel to remove one while making an XM177 clone, took about 10 minutes. I cut off less than I wanted the final profile to be and finished off with a file.

 

[Armedsask]

Dremeling off a bayo lug for a fake can? I hate you.

 

[Ar180shooter]

Dremeling off a bayo lug for a fake can? I hate you.

Yah, lol.

"Hmm... Today I think I'll lop something functional off of my AR in order to add something purely non-functional."

Never go full retard...

 

[the_klenzer]

Forget what these guys say and do whatever makes you happy... you can always buy a new rifle if you #### it up too badly and then sell this one for more than retail on the EE for all the custom milling you had done on it!