
A lot of gunsmithing can be done at home, but it’s really only doable with the right tools. Real Avid makes some of the best tools in the industry for all manner of platforms, and their latest addition is pretty cool. It’s the Real Avid X3 Driver, a tool based on the familiar ratchet driver, only it’s made for guns. The X3 Driver is a multi-function system that can be used for everything from builds to mods to maintenance.

Features of the X3 Driver include a rotation wheel at the back of the driver, a modular T-handle, and a straight-shank bit driver. That driver is compatible with quarter-inch bits. The X3 is best used for work you’d usually do with a screwdriver, but it has 72 different positions, so it’s far better than a screwdriver. Sometimes it’s the smallest and seemingly simplest tools that end up being the most valuable for gunsmith work at home.

Five different tooling kits are available for the X3 Driver. This includes the X3 Driver system in the Smart-Torq Adjustable Limiter and X3 Driver Kit, the Smart-Torq Fixed Limiter and X3 Driver Kit, and the X3 Driver Gunsmithing Bit Sets which are offered in a variety of sizes. That gives you the option of a small, simple setup or a more advanced system. For example, the Smart-Torq Adjustable Limiter comes with a precision torque wrench that can be adjusted from 15 to 65 inch-pounds in one-inch-pound increments, but the X3 Driver Gunsmithing Bit Sets are the driver itself with your choice of how many bits you get.
MSRP depends on the tool kit you choose. The X3 Driver Gunsmithing Bit Sets start at $29.99 while the Smart-Torq Fixed Limiter and X3 Driver Kit is $149.99.
“The X3 is best used for work you’d usually do with a screwdriver, but it has 72 different positions”
I can already do 72 positions with a screw driver… it just takes drinking enough of them.
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