Echo1 RedStar Operator Combat Weapon - Orange Tip Removal

[holidayforhire]

Anyone ever had any success removing the orange tip from this gun?  Picture of the tip is below.

I've tried unscrewing it, no use.

Tried to use a 1.5 hex to unscrew the "pin hole" on the bottom or to push it in, but didn't seem to do much.

I didn't apply to much force because I really don't want to hurt the barrel/threads below it.

If anyone has come across a similar orange tip and found a safe way to remove it I'd greatly appreciate it.


Thanks in advance

[holidayforhire]

Just as a follow up, from looking around online it looks like I just need to remove the pin from the flash hider and then it can screw off. However the pin is recessed and doesn't appear to be threaded, so I'm at a loss for how to remove it other than destroying the flash hider itself (which I'd like to avoid if possible).

[zephurah]

Here's how I have removed them from my multiple replicas: Soak it in boiling water. The reason i say this is that if there is no prevalent way of removing it with a tool, it is most likely glued. You need to melt the glue off, and that will most likely reveal your threads. There are guides for the amount of time you need to submerge it, I encourage you to look for one. However, I can see in the photo that there looks to be an allen key screw in black.

[holidayforhire]

Yeah, I wasn't sure if it was glued or not. I intended to soak it and then try to unscrew it as this has worked on some of my other guns, but I'm worried about the pin hole in the back. I don't think it's an allen key because it doesn't appear to be threaded and none of my allen wrenches were able to move it at all. I guess I'm just worried that if I try to force it off, whatever that pin is that it's in the back might damage the barrel/gun.

[zephurah]

Well, it is most likely a set screw, which just forces pressure on the side of the outer barrel. If so, you should be able to remove it with an allen wrench.

[Pagan]

It's actually just a roll pin that is in there. It took me a good hour to work mine out. I had to heat the flash hider up, cram a small jewelers screwdriver in there and wiggle it back and forth until it came out. Pretty much ruined the orange flash hider in the process.

[TheEnd]

Use a dremel or similar rotary tool with a cut off wheel and cut a notch down the body of the flash hider. Cut the notch almost all the way through the flash hider, but do not cut so deep that you hit the barrel or threads. Put a wide flat head screw driver in the notch and twist. Should spread the flash hider and break the glue in one step. Then just pull it off.

Obviously the flash hider will be ruined. You could also drill the pin out to save the flash hider. I don't know about you but I would rather spend $5-15 on a metal flash hider than spend an hour drilling out a pin to save a 5 cent orange plastic one. You could also try RIT dying it black. Kills two birds with one stone. Either the boiling water loosens the glue and it comes off, or you have a black plastic flash hider.

[holidayforhire]

Yeah I already have a spare flash hider so I guess I'll just cut this thing up and get the pin out. My only real concern about keeping the flash hider intact was I wanted minimal chance of damage to the threads below it, but I'll just play it safe and should be fine. Thanks for your advice guys.

[Stache]

What I did is I just got a drill bit about the size of the little pin and I VERY carefully drilled out the pin. It's the quickest way to take it off (as far as I'm aware of). If it's still giving you trouble my guess would be that it's glued, if that's so I'd recommend using some pliers to get a grip of it and twist it off. Hope I helped.