In a recent conversation with the owner of Multitasker, he told me one of the greatest strengths of his design and manufacturing process is the ability to easily modify the on-board toolset of the AR Multitasker. Perhaps to prove that point, he lent us a prototype that he made to show a prospective customer. Meet the MultitaSCAR. The tool is based on the standard gen2 Multitasker, but has a few tool substitutions that accommodate USSOCOM's 7.62 battle rifle, the MK17 SCAR-H.
Before anyone starts asking, it's not in production. If Multitasker decides to bring this tool to market, you'll read about it here.
The SCAR's nooks and crannies are different than the M4. It actually comes with it's own unique cleaning tool designed to clean the gas port and piston. It looks like a cross between a can opener and a skeleton key. The MultitaSCAR reproduces that tool, along with a large gas port reamer/punch tool and new bit driver. The bit driver was redesigned with both a T25, for barrel changes, and the front sight adjustment tool stored in the tool. Don't worry, there's still a 1/4" bit driver under the cap. Keep in mind that the T25 is for hasty barrel swaps since you'd really want to have a torque wrench handy to do it right.
Pulling the rifle apart and cleaning it with the MultitaSCAR was simple. The hardest part of the operation is getting the piston out. After some head scratching, I ended up using the dental pick. The tip just reached through the hand guard ports. I pushed the back just enough so I could get the head past the topside vent hole. Then it was just a matter of using the pick's tip to get behind the piston shoulder to push it the rest of the way out. It was fairly painless and shows you can do anything you'd need to in the field with just the one tool.
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