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I have been having a blast getting back into some light duty armorer work, but I find I am reaching the limits of what I can do with my standard shop tools. Automotive wrenches are too thick to reliably get onto muzzle devices and suppressors, my punch set is too short for some applications (some FAL pins, for example) and my "armorers" driver set is missing about half the bits I find I commonly use (mostly optic and rail accessory stuff).
I have a much more comprehensive driver set on the way, but all the "gun" wrenches are either those awful combo tool types or the crows foot variety, both of which do not even offer all the sizes I find myself in need of (and are often still too thick to boot). Plus I have enough of them already to know I do not want more.
So what are your recommendations for a nice, thin wrench set that covers everything from, say .5 in to 1.75 inch (and metric equivalents, because I have a lot of European stuff too)? It does not have to be a "gun" specific set, it just has to be good quality and thin enough to get a few of them stacked together in a small space.
This stack is impossible to deal with with my current tool set, especially the bottom nut (the actual muzzle device) because it is "protected" by a spacer.
As for punches I have a basic hardware set as well as a good Wheeler set, but the hardware set is a bit too limited in variety and the Wheeler set is a bit too short for every application. I am looking for good recommendations that people use and like there too.
And if there are any other specialty tools you find useful, like strap wrenches or weird spanner bits or whatever go ahead and post those too. I am a massive tool nut, and my firearms nuttery is only a small extension of that.
I have a much more comprehensive driver set on the way, but all the "gun" wrenches are either those awful combo tool types or the crows foot variety, both of which do not even offer all the sizes I find myself in need of (and are often still too thick to boot). Plus I have enough of them already to know I do not want more.
So what are your recommendations for a nice, thin wrench set that covers everything from, say .5 in to 1.75 inch (and metric equivalents, because I have a lot of European stuff too)? It does not have to be a "gun" specific set, it just has to be good quality and thin enough to get a few of them stacked together in a small space.
As for punches I have a basic hardware set as well as a good Wheeler set, but the hardware set is a bit too limited in variety and the Wheeler set is a bit too short for every application. I am looking for good recommendations that people use and like there too.
And if there are any other specialty tools you find useful, like strap wrenches or weird spanner bits or whatever go ahead and post those too. I am a massive tool nut, and my firearms nuttery is only a small extension of that.
LR44 or SR44 is whats recomnended for the Philadelphia HF digital caliper, not 675 Zinc air 
