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Thread: Rcvr. End Plate - Same for com. & mil-spec?

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    Rcvr. End Plate - Same for com. & mil-spec?

    After much pounding, twisting and cussing, I finally got the commercial rec. extension off my RRA lower. The purpose is to install the CTR stock on a mil-spec receiver extension. The problem is that the end plate from the RRA tube won't fit on the mil-spec tube. It goes couple of notches and then gets stuck. I thought that everything else is interchangeable?
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    Never mind. Being an impatient man, I took a Dremel to the existing end plate and after just 2 minutes was able to fit it on the mil-spec tube. Everything is installed, castle nut is staked, and I think I'm done screwing with this rifle.

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    the endplate you took off your commercial extension wouldnt fit your new milspec? thats weird. endplates are only a couple bucks, i'd just go ahead and replace it for all fubar it's gotta be by now

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    You will sometimes come across parts at the outside or inside edge of tolerances. On the receiver plate I just usually grab another and try it. There are not 2 different sizes.
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    That's what I thought. But since AR parts are very hard to come by right now, I didn't want to wait several weeks before I put my rifle together. The amount of material removed by Dremel was very insignificant. There was barely any dust after I was done, so it does look like the RRA end plate was just a little tighter than necessary.

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    I had one do that on a supposed DPMS rifle I was working on once.

    Swapped it out for a new plate.

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