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A wrench and a method for performing gunsmithing operations is disclosed. The wrench may have a first end and a second end. The first end may have an integrated two-sided castle nut and flash hider wrench aperture, and the second end may have a tool interface. The aperture may have a plurality of ra

A wrench and a method for performing gunsmithing operations is disclosed. The wrench may have a first end and a second end. The first end may have an integrated two-sided castle nut and flash hider wrench aperture, and the second end may have a tool interface. The aperture may have a plurality of raised elements for engaging indentations in a castle nut, each of the raised elements extending at least one of inwardly from a wall section of the aperture and upwardly from a first face of the wrench. The aperture may have a flash hider cutout portion.

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1. A wrench for performing gunsmithing operations, comprising: a first end having an upper side, a lower side, and an aperture extending from the upper side to the lower side, the aperture having a first castle nut interface shaped to engage a castle nut, a second castle nut interface shaped to enga

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A wrench for performing gunsmithing operations, comprising: a first end having an upper side, a lower side, and an aperture extending from the upper side to the lower side, the aperture having a first castle nut interface shaped to engage a castle nut, a second castle nut interface shaped to engage the castle nut, a flash hider interface shaped to engage a flash hider, arranged on one of the upper or lower side, and comprising two opposing and parallel flat inner walls each defining a step arranged between the flash hider interface and a receiver end plate interface positioned on the other one of the upper or lower side and having a shape substantially following an outline of a receiver end plate, wherein the first castle nut interface, the second castle nut interface, the flash hider interface, and the receiver end plate interface each share the aperture; anda second end; whereinthe first castle nut interface comprises a substantially cylindrical wall section shaped to surround a portion of an outer surface of the castle nut, the cylindrical wall section having a plurality of raised elements extending inwardly from an interior of the cylindrical wall section for engaging a plurality of indentations in the castle nut; and whereinthe second castle nut interface comprises a substantially flat face on the upper side, the flat face having a plurality of protrusions extending from the plurality of raised elements upwardly from the flat face for engaging the plurality of indentations in the castle nut; andthe receiver end plate interface is shaped as a rounded, oblong aperture having a first wide end and a second narrow end. 2. The wrench of claim 1, wherein: the second end comprises a barrel nut interface shaped to engage a majority of an outer circumference of a barrel nut. 3. The wrench of claim 1, wherein: the second end comprises a two-sided barrel nut interface shaped to engage a majority of an outer circumference of at least one barrel nut. 4. The wrench of claim 1, wherein the flash hider interface comprises a curved surface between the two opposing and parallel flat inner walls. 5. The wrench of claim 1, wherein the flash hider interface extends a first depth into the wrench, and the receiver end plate interface extends a second depth into the wrench. 6. The wrench of claim 5, wherein the first and second depths are the same. 7. A wrench for performing gunsmithing operations, comprising: a first end having an upper side having a first face, a lower side, an integrated two-sided castle nut wrench portion, a flash hider wrench portion, and a receiver end plate interface, the wrench having an aperture extending through the upper side and the lower side, the aperture being shared by the two-sided castle nut wrench portion, the flash hider wrench portion, and the receiver end plate interface, the aperture having a plurality of raised elements for engaging indentations in a castle nut, each of the raised elements extending both inwardly from an interior of a wall section of the aperture and upwardly from the first face of the wrench, the flash hider wrench portion having two opposing and parallel flat inner surfaces each defining a step arranged between the flash hider interface and the receiver end plate interface, the receiver end plate interface positioned on an opposing one of the upper or lower side of the first end from the flash hider wrench portion and having a shape substantially following an outline of a receiver end plate, and the receiver end plate interface is a rounded, oblong aperture having a first wide end and a second narrow end; anda second end having another wrench interface. 8. The wrench of claim 7, wherein: the another wrench interface in the second end comprises a two-sided barrel nut interface shaped to engage a majority of an outer circumference of at least one firearm barrel using two different orientations of the wrench. 9. The wrench of claim 7, wherein: the flash hider wrench portion has a curved portion positioned between the two opposing and parallel flat inner surfaces. 10. The wrench of claim 7, wherein the flash hider wrench portion extends a first depth into the wrench, and the receiver end plate interface extends a second depth into the wrench. 11. The wrench of claim 10, wherein the first and second depths are the same. 12. A wrench for performing gunsmithing operations, comprising: a first end having an aperture, the aperture extending through two faces of the wrench and having a plurality of raised elements for engaging indentations in a castle nut, the raised elements extending both inwardly from an interior portion of a substantially cylindrical wall section of the aperture and outward from one of the two faces of the wrench, the aperture further having a flash hider interface having two opposing and parallel inner walls defining a step arranged between the flash hider interface and a receiver end plate interface the receiver end plate interface comprising an oblong shape having a first wide end and a second narrow end, the flash hider interface and the receiver end plate interface extending into the aperture from opposing ones of the two faces of the wrench, wherein the aperture is shared by the receiver end plate interface and the flash hider interface; anda second end. 13. The wrench of claim 12, wherein: the second end of the wrench comprises a two-sided barrel nut interface shaped to engage a majority of an outer circumference of at least one barrel nut. 14. The wrench of claim 12, wherein: the flash hider interface extends from one of the two faces of the wrench to a first depth of the aperture. 15. The wrench of claim 12, wherein: the flash hider interface has a semicircular portion shaped to engage a rounded surface on the flash hider. 16. The wrench of claim 14, wherein: the two faces of the wrench comprise a first face and a second face;the flash hider interface extends to the first depth of the aperture from one of the first face and the second face; andthe aperture comprises a clearance portion shaped to engage a receiver end plate and to allow the flash hider to clear the clearance portion when the flash hider is engaged with the flash hider interface.