What are people's opinions/experiences with clamp on gas blocks

[mlentzner]

Just wondering what people think of or have experienced with clamp on gas blocks.

Thanks for you input.

[ElvenSoul]

Clamps on and clamps off. The clamper.

[UP2MTNS]

I have the Witt Machine clamp on brake on a 308, and it works pretty good. I don't think it's the best looking unit out there, but as mentioned before it works pretty good and saves the price of threading a barrel.

block, not brake

[5.56Geo]

Buy good quality and torque it to specifications and you will be happy! Buy cheap and you will buy twice!

[csshih]

they seem to work fine for me, use loctite.

[SloChicken]

they seem to work fine for me, use loctite.

you better have some pretty special loctite if you want it to work on a gas block.
Just sayin'

[csshih]

you better have some pretty special loctite if you want it to work on a gas block.
Just sayin'

well, it's a clamp on so I'm not assuming hard use.
Loctite 271 is done at...250C? I'm sure there are higher temperature loctites.

[the_duck]

I have a JP clamp on, heard somewhere that they're slightly better than set screw ones since clamping induces more universal force on the barrel where a set screw is pokey in one spot.

Works fine, use proper threadlocker, which in this case was Rocksett. Will hold up to the heat and doesn't take much torque to remove screws. Win-win.

[baih777]

I use them, no leaks. I like the ones that use three bolts. also had good luck with the Yankee Hill small 2 bolt clamp on gas block.

[zantif]

They work great. But so do screw ons. I personally run a Superlative Arms Clamp on for my main rifle and it's been awesome.