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You can reuse the old one but you need to know what you are getting into. Recoil tube removal

Got a vice? If so, clamp onto the bolt carrier on the rails preferably with some kind of padded jaws. You'll then want to hit the barrel assembly forward with a mallet. You can pull your gas pistons and you can hit the ARGO housings. The bolt head does cam over about 30 degrees as the head presses into the bolt. This rotation locks the head into the barrel lugs. This snap cap likely caused the bolt head to rotate and jam into the barrel lugs. Using a dowel and hammering down the barrel on the snap cap won't likely work since you'll just be driving the energy into the barrel lugs. Spraying some lubricant down the barrel and in around the locking lugs will help.

I'm a fan of the new TTI stainless handles. They lock into position better than any other handle I've tried. Like how the OEM one locks into 3 different positions, this one locks into a single position and has directional texture.

Damn that sucks! Yaa…Tipton dummy rounds are total shit, at least the various different calibers I’ve wasted my money on. I have found the best/most correct tolerances are B’s Dry Fire Snap Caps..A.K.A. “B’s Dummy’s”. I also quit buying the various Tipton cleaning products, for me they don’t hold up well..moved over to BoreTech and ProShot products a few years ago. The Tipton gun vises are good quality & hold up well.

Remember, it's a combat shotgun in use by the USMC. Those guys can break anything so you are unlikely to do any damage to it.

The new style TTI charging handle is very nice and definitely locks into place. I also just received the Arms Unlimited charging handle and it doesn’t over insert and is nice as well. I had the FFT 1/2” charging handle and it would over insert and it put a very small rub mark on my Cerakote finish so it was sold off.

I like the new TTI too. In fact, I ordered one and they sent me the old style. I returned it. I told them that I wanted the new version and the man on the phone acted like he didn’t know what I was talking about. I’m not sure exactly how to get the new version.