Daniel Defense Field Repair Kit

Product Description

The Daniel Defense Field Repair Kit, part number 28-101-16556, is a portable Daniel Defense repair kit intended to keep a rifle running away from a workbench. It is catalogued as a field repair kit rather than as a bench-level armorer’s kit, and it is ordered here by part number through Western Sport as a Daniel Defense master dealer.

The case for carrying one is straightforward. Rifles rarely fail dramatically; they fail small. An extractor spring loses tension, a retaining pin walks out, a detent disappears into the grass during a field strip, a set of gas rings gives up. Any one of those turns a working rifle into a paperweight, and none of them is difficult to fix if the part is in your bag. That is the entire premise of a field kit: a small number of correct spares, carried, so that a stoppage costs you minutes instead of a day.

We confirm this kit’s contents by phone rather than listing them here. A field repair kit is bought for the specific spares inside it, and a guessed list is worse than no list at all — it sends somebody into the field believing they are carrying a part they do not have.

Key Facts

• Brand: Daniel Defense
• Model: Field Repair Kit
• SKU / Manufacturer Part Number: 28-101-16556
• Type: Portable field-level repair kit
• Manufacturer: Daniel Defense
• Confirm by phone before ordering: the full current contents of the kit, and which rifles it is intended for — send us a message

Field kit or armorer’s kit?

They solve different problems and a serious programme owns both. An armorer’s tool kit is a bench proposition: receiver fixtures, a breaker bar, barrel nut and castle nut wrenches, a full punch set and torque limiters, used to strip and rebuild a rifle correctly to a torque chart. A field repair kit is what goes in the range bag or the truck, aimed at the handful of small parts and small jobs that actually strand a shooter. If you are outfitting a fleet, look at the armorer’s kits in our Daniel Defense range; if you are outfitting a shooter, this is the smaller and more portable answer. Our parts and cleaning equipment categories cover the rest.

Ordering from Western Sport

Order online and it ships straight to your door. Western Sport has been a licensed FFL/SOT dealer since 2007, and everything we sell carries the full manufacturer warranty. Questions before you order? Send us a message.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is a field repair kit for?

A: A field repair kit exists so that a rifle that goes down away from a bench can be brought back up on the spot. The failures it targets are the small ones that stop a gun entirely: a broken extractor spring, a sheared firing pin retaining pin, a lost detent, a gas rings issue. The point is getting back in the fight or back in the match.

Q: How do I find out exactly what is in the Daniel Defense Field Repair Kit?

We will confirm the current contents with you before you order. We confirm the parts list by phone rather than printing it here, because a field repair kit is bought for the specific spares inside it and a guessed list would send someone into the field missing the part they were counting on.

Q: Who should carry a field repair kit?

A: Anyone who shoots where a dead rifle ends the day: competitors between stages, instructors running classes, hunters a long way from a vehicle, patrol officers, and anyone travelling to shoot. If your rifle never leaves a range with a gunsmith five minutes away, a bench spares drawer serves you better than a portable kit. Send us a message if you want a straight recommendation.

Q: Is a field repair kit the same thing as an armorer’s tool kit?

A: No, and they are not substitutes. An armorer’s tool kit is a bench-level set of punches, wrenches, fixtures and torque tools for full disassembly and rebuild. A field repair kit is a small, portable set aimed at getting a rifle running again away from the bench. A serious programme usually ends up owning both, for different places.

Q: What should I carry alongside a field repair kit?

A: A basic cleaning kit with a bore snake and a chamber brush, lubricant, a multi-tool or the correct hex keys for your optic and rail hardware, spare optic and light hardware, and a known-good magazine or two. The most common range-side stoppages are fouling, lubrication and magazine problems rather than broken parts.

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