A2 thread protector

[Angrysnarf]

You can make your own by drilling holes similar to other linear comps in the end of this thread protector

Very true

[IrishJoe3]

Looks stupid to you, functions the same. I did not 'crap' on the thread, I asked a question. You're not the arbiter of legality here. Mind your own business.

LOL....sure you didn't.

Well that's stoopid. Why use a fake something that looks like the real something it's supposed to replace? S.T.O.O.P.I.D.

I'm not trying to arbitrate crap, just calling you out for being a dick. If you can't handle it, maybe don't post in a forum

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[Tere_Hanges]

I use both the fake "flash-hider" thread protectors and the knurled thread protectors. It depends on the build. If it is a retro build, I use the fake "flash-hider". If it is for a plain carbine build, I use the knurled thread protector, cause I don't care that it looks stupid, which it does, but it also cuts down on length, which is nice for an SD build. I try to avoid brakes as much as possible, since I really hate how much louder they are.

[mshill]

I use both the fake "flash-hider" thread protectors and the knurled thread protectors. It depends on the build. If it is a retro build, I use the fake "flash-hider". If it is for a plain carbine build, I use the knurled thread protector, cause I don't care that it looks stupid, which it does, but it also cuts down on length, which is nice for an SD build. I try to avoid brakes as much as possible, since I really hate how much louder they are.

Love your build. Pretty sweet for a featureless rifle.

[Ki6vsm]

I dislike the knurled TPs a lot. IMHO the smooth ones look much better. Don't scream "THREAD PROTECTOR" or look like the end of a ratchet wrench lol. From more than a few feet away the smoothies just looks like an un-threaded barrel.

I have them on a couple of barrels:

https://www.downrangeproductsco.com/product/1-2-x-28-thread-protector-smooth-finish-5-8-long-660-dia-4333/

[bohoki]

i wonder if you took a standard a2 hider and bored it out front barrel width to the threads and installed it backwards on a 16 inch barrel would it go back far enough for the bayonet ring to sit on it?

[Zenderfall]

I dislike the knurled TPs a lot. IMHO the smooth ones look much better. Don't scream "THREAD PROTECTOR" or look like the end of a ratchet wrench lol. From more than a few feet away the smoothies just looks like an un-threaded barrel.

Those look nice. I don?t see any wrench flats. How is it tightened?

[bohoki]

Those look nice. I don?t see any wrench flats. How is it tightened?

they just screw on there are way to dirty up the threads to keep from unscrewing like a bit of teflon tape or a drop of temp threadlocker

or just leave it hand tight you will notice it before if falls off

[ar15barrels]

i wonder if you took a standard a2 hider and bored it out front barrel width to the threads and installed it backwards on a 16 inch barrel would it go back far enough for the bayonet ring to sit on it?

If you bored an A2 out enough to fit over the 0.740? portion while the nuzzle would basically flush to the rear end of the A2, the front ring of the A2 might just get to where the front ring of the A2 would be when installed correctly on a 14.5? M4 barrel but that won?t be enough for a carbine gassed 16? barrel with a bayonet to reach the front ring of the bored out A2 that?s installed backwards as the 14.5? carbine gassed M4 puts the bayonet ring at the rear of the muzzle device threads where the A2 would normally be.

[bohoki]

sorry i was just too lazy to open my safe find a flash hider in my bin and dig a bayonet out of my filing cabinet

i'll go check my crap

geez its about a 1/4" off



hmm i guess ill have to make a threaded reverse sleeve thingie a bit longer i cant use an existing hider

i guess i can get this and just use my thread protector

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1021695720/

[ar15barrels]

Like I said, the barrel is just a little too long still.

There's always this option:

https://www.apgdefense.com/product-page/bayonet-lug-extender

sorry i was just too lazy to open my safe find a flash hider in my bin and dig a bayonet out of my filing cabinet

i'll go check my crap

geez its about a 1/4" off



hmm i guess ill have to make a threaded reverse sleeve thingie a bit longer i cant use an existing hider

[musketjon]

Yep that one?s been working for me for years. I like the fake that it looks like a bird cage but ain?t 👍

I have this exact same thread protector. It's at least aesthetically pleasing.

[bohoki]

if you cant have a hider i figure its good to have the shorter length of having the muzzle be the end some people have the opposite problem



i really dont need the bayonet on the carbine i have a midlength with a brake that the bayo fits on

[Ki6vsm]

Those look nice. I don?t see any wrench flats. How is it tightened?

they just screw on there are way to dirty up the threads to keep from unscrewing like a bit of teflon tape or a drop of temp threadlocker

or just leave it hand tight you will notice it before if falls off

You can get it tight enough by wrapping it in a piece of rawhide or similar, then cinching it down with channel locks.

Or just do hand tight with a drop of blue Loctite. But we aware, that really does lock it on there. I did this and had to use those same channel locks again to get it off a couple of years later. The teeth ended up going through the rawhide a little bit and digging into the TP. It was ON THERE tight. Wouldn't back off without a lot of persuasion.

If you want a similar one with flats, you can get a Wilson Combat TP:

https://wilsoncombat.com/barrel-thread-protector-1-2-x28-thread-740-black-nitride.html

However, it is emblazoned with "WILSON COMBAT". If it's not on a Wilson barrel, it might seem lame to some. I put one if these on a Wilson 6.5G 22" fluted bull barrel. Looks damned good to me.