Tuthmose

That is a very pretty piece of work there - thanks for sharing it. I've been drooling over their work for some time . . . it's probably a good thing I can't afford any -Tuthmose

Cobbled together from some stock stuff I found. Hardware monitoring done wth a combination of Samurize and Widgets: - Tuthmose

I'll try to get around to posting a pic of the PVC tool in the next couple of days. Busy as all get-out here, but I'll get it up as soon as I can . . . -Tuthmose

Oh, to be sure the makeshift PVC tool has a short lifespan. It worked quite well to install my G&P URX-based "Fighting Cat" front set, though. Considering I got 6 feet of pipe for $3, and I won't be taking my URX front on-and-off very often, I found that it beat the heck out of the $50 Redwolf wanted for the real deal. If. . . no, WHEN it breaks, I'll just spend ten minutes and make a new one from my remaining 4' of pipe . Were I a shop or an armourer, the tool would be a logical buy. For something I may use a handful of times, not so much, IMO. Actually, hearing that the real to

You can also make a el-cheapo tool for the URX with some PVC plumbing pipe. A piece of 1" schedule 40 PVC pipe is just the right size to fit over the barrel but inside the RIS, and lines up nicely with the diameter of the nuts. Line up a nut with the end of the pipe, then mark the position of the nut's four slots on the end of the pipe with a marker. Cut away the excess pipe around your marks. When you are done, you will have four "prongs" sticking out of the end of your pipe that will fit nicely into the nut's four slots. Drill a hole straight throught both sides of the pipe at the other