great piece
High value installs easy and worth every penny!
nice product
well made quality product. small, compact, fits right.
Fits like a glove
I installed this gas block on a 0.75 inch diameter Black Hole weaponry barrel. It fit nice and snug. The gas tube hole was nice and snug as well. After tightening I attempted to whack the gas block with a mallet to see if it would move. It did not. Now after 300 hot experimental hand-loads there is NO gas leakage. This gas block fit under a Midwest Industries SS type extended hand-guard without touching.
Super nice fit on Black Hole Weap bbl
I installed this VLTOR low profile, side clamping, gas block on a standard profile, stainless, 24 inch long, 6.8mm SPC, Black Hole Weaponry barrel. The fit was nice and snug even before I tightened the bolts. It stayed aligned while tightening. I then fit a rifle length gas tube and covered the whole set-up with a Midwest Ind. SS, 15 inch free floating hand-guard. This gas block fit underneath just fine. It fired and cycled from round one and I now have 300 rounds through the rifle without a single problem. No leaks of any gas. Alex Clark Homer, Alaska
Great Low-Pro Steel Gas Block
I used this on a 16" Mid-Length Gas System AA 6.5 Grendel barrel. I have fired it in both extreme heat at 100 degrees F, down to 18 degrees F with never a malfunction using various loads. This is one of the best steel low-pro gas blocks on the market. The gas tube does fit tightly, which is a good thing for a reliable gas circuit. Loc-tite is your friend when tightening the screws after testing that you have a proper gas circuit. Read the limitations as to what handguards it will not fit under. The finish and logo are features that go above what other manufacturers offer on most of these types of products, which shows that VLTOR goes further in making a great part. Every VLTOR product I have used so far shows a higher attention to workmanship, finish, and functionality.
Perfect!
After having a nasty experience with the "set screw style" gas block I decided to use a clamp on and went with the Vltor. This gas block is very well made. It was a bit tight for the gas tube to fit in which is normal and once the tube was in everything with very smoothly. Make sure to loctite the screws and this thing wil stay forever. I put this underneath my TRX Extreme which is extremely skinny. This will fit under most handguards. I don't believe this gas block is made to fit under the DD Lites and Omegas, and also the LaRues. For the handguards it is made to fit under, I'd prefer no other.
No problems
I have this installed on my SPR build which has a White Oak Armament barrel with Midwest Industries free float handguards and everything works perfectly. My rifle cycles correctly and the bolts for the gas block has not come loose. I did however use vibra-lock on the threads.
Needs refinement
Like another reviewer commented, the screw heads want to cleave off once you tighten (perhaps over-tighten?) them down. Vltor was kind enough to send me a new pair of screws after I broke one during installation. I like the slim profile of the gas block, which does seem hardy, but I would get their model with the bottom screws instead if I were you.
Solid but Flawed
Technically there's nothing wrong with this product. It's a solid, tightly-clamping, beautifully-fitting, streamlined gas block. The one enormous problem is that the standard hex screws it uses still have full-sized heads, heads which are (at least seemingly) in direct, if glancing, contact with the inside of my Midwest Industries MLOK guard. Now this pretty well eliminates any chance of the screws walking loose, but it also threatens the free-float nature of the guard. I so far haven't noticed an effect on accuracy, but I only run a red dot. And in addition to the 6 o'clock rail slot (or half of two of them on mine) being blocked by the bottom portion as is typical, the 4:30 and 3 o'clock slots are also unusable now on account of the screws. Lacking grip panels to guard against heat buildup, the middle 20 percent of my 15" rail is ungrip-able because of this gap. Still, if your technique allows for this or you just want a good, solid clamp design, you could definitely do worse.
Less than useful
The fact the screws are on the side should have been screaming at me. It is not low profile at all, the screws protrude so far when mounted it was impossible to fit under the DD 10" Lite rail. The screws do not recess enough for proper clearance. The other version I have seen of this would fit fine as the screws are recessed and are on the bottom.
