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Is the barrel nut steel or aluminum? — 2 Answers

by LR-Shooters, from AL, United States Asked on April 10, 2019

Name Midwest Industries SP Series AR-15 M-LOK Handguard (4.8)
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Answered by Jonathan D., Gear Expert, from IL, United States, on September 27, 2019

It is steel.

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Answered by Neat0, member, from TX, United States, on July 03, 2023

Mine came with an aluminum one and it requires to be indexed. Not sure why, because most of the ones i have seen in videos have a non index barrel nut type. I rather not have to index the nut. I had to order some shims to get the right alignment and torque.

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