A Cool Tool for Installing an AR Rifle Handguard

In this short video, MidwayUSA’s Larry Potterfield shows us how to install an AR’s handguard using a handy-dandy little tool for prying the delta ring.

You can order a similar tool from Brownells here for $34.99. Cheaper versions are out there, but usually get poor reviews.

The entire video is just 1:05 long, so it gets to the point quickly.

Some folks say you shouldn’t need a tool to do this job… but I know from experience that sometimes the delta ring can be mighty stubborn, and if you do much of this sort of work, a tool like this looks mighty handy from here. What do you think?

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.