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Anyone in the friendswood or nearby area have any experience working on AR-15's? I need to install a sling plate on mine and have never really tackled anything like that, I don't have a armorers wrench so if you had one that would be a big plus.

This is just my experience as a new AR owner. You might want to try the arms room. The armorer there might be able to help you out (call first and ask to avoid making a trip. Although, a trip to the arms room is always fun). The only reason i suggest this is i had a lot of trouble removing mine for the first time on my new ar. I bought a wrench and tried to remove the castle nut, but i ended up taking my receiver back to the vendor i bought the wrench from because i just couldnt get the castle nut loose. That thing was on there really tight. I ended up with several knicks around the nut and threads that remind me of my efforts. Mine wasnt staked but i think there was some form of loctite on there. I even took a blow torch to it to warm the nut up slightly with the hope of loosening the loctite. The shop owner had to use a beefed up wrench to finally break the nut loose. Now, i am able to use the wrench i bought since i didnt have to torque that nut down as much as it came from the factory.

There are a couple of youtube videos that show the exact steps. Once he broke the nut loose, i was able to do the install myself. Also there are a few stickies on AR15.com that describe the process step by step with pictures.

I'd say buy the wrench and tackle it yourself.

Yeah I am going to primary arms to pick one up, and look at some other stuff..... May be a bad thing for my wallet.

All my stuff I ordered came in today. Can't wait to go home and put some stuff on my rifle.

We're going to want to see some pictures! Good Luck.

I still don't have a armorers wrench so the ASAP plate will have to wait but the other stuff will be on. Pics later for sure.

I can loan you mine, I live in Alvin. It only takes about 2 minutes to change out the receiver plate. Call me tomorrow if you want.

Thanks man, I installed a new stock, handguard and tried to use some pmags but they wont drop free. Gotta sand them a little I guess.

You done with the wrench yet?

Yeah, I got tied up with some other stuff. Sorry for keeping it so long. I will call you.

I put a single sling mount on mine, followed instructions I found on YouTube. It's not hard.