I think this best desribes the delta ring on the TM M4 S-System:
The M4S is different than most other M4 AEGs in that the barrel is not held on by a barrel nut/delta ring. If you have the SIR off of it and the faux delta ring, all you have to do is loosen the grub screw on the bottom of the barrel and it should pull right out.
The actual barrel does not extend into the reciever on an M4S. The grub screw I'm talking about is on the underside of the barrel, it is in the "fat" part of the barrel right in front of the delta ring, but before the flat part of the underside where the battery goes. The "fat" part of the barrel is actually part of the reciever on the M4S.