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Posted: 4/19/2023 9:30:22 PM EDT
Need a rear trunnion replaced. Standard two rivet trunnion. Thank you!
Link Posted: 4/28/2023 11:24:17 AM EDT
[#1]
Are you looking for local or to ship it out?l
Link Posted: 4/28/2023 11:36:15 AM EDT
[Last Edit: CPT_CAVEMAN] [#2]
Do it yourself with some basic tools?

Betting a vise and two rivet dies/squeezers would work
Link Posted: 5/3/2023 8:47:18 AM EDT
[#3]
Replacing one where the tang was cutoff, or swapping to a different type entirely?  (As I can’t see swapping a standard for a standard unless it was cutoff for one of the US adapters or whatever…)

I hate rear rivets, so not me…. Two Rivers gets recommended a lot.
Link Posted: 2/18/2024 5:55:08 PM EDT
[#4]
Cut off heads of rivets and use a punch or blunt nail to drive them out
Watch some YouTube videos on how to use a ball peen hammer to form a rivet head.
Practice on some scrap with  cut off nails
When you can make nice heads then use the real rivet on your trunnion
Link Posted: 2/18/2024 6:47:23 PM EDT
[#5]
I'd help you do it. With the right tools it's more difficult to remove the old rivets than install a new rear.
Link Posted: 2/21/2024 1:05:03 AM EDT
[#6]
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Originally Posted By Deerhurst:
I'd help you do it. With the right tools it's more difficult to remove the old rivets than install a new rear.
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This. I carefully dremel off the heads then drill out the center of the rivet shank till it’s paper thin. Then knock out the trunnion with a hard plastic hammer.

Then, install what ever you want. Might need to weld up the holes in the receiver if it’s a different trunnion.
Link Posted: 2/24/2024 5:35:02 PM EDT
[#7]
Iron Curtain Customs has done good work for me.  In TX but have a quick turnaround
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