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Posted: 3/17/2008 5:24:46 PM EDT
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Anyone got any barrel pins laying around? I'll buy one ;). About 1500 rounds through it, busted it this weekend at the range. poor ol yugo pin just didn't take much more.  |
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hmmm thanks, could I get some advice, after some measurements, it seems like I will need something bigger than .281. My rough measurements show the old pin being .290-.300, and this fit loose... I was able to knock the old pin through with fairly light tapping and a cheap punch... so I'm guessing that is why it broke. Century must have put in an undersized pin... hence now it is broken from being loose. A gentleman on another forum suggested a 5/16 or .310. Do you think this would be over kill? |
No shit! To think of the problems I had getting the Rommy G pins ut and then back in I can not imagine a pin on any AK just poping out  I would check the headspacing on this when you are done too... |
| I've heard a few places that the pin should be .004" to .005" oversized (compared to the hole). That seems about right, anything tighter would be a real project to install. A loose fitting pin will cause it to crack, but it will also cause the hole to distort (egg) slightly, so you may have to have the hole honed/bored to a slightly larger pin size anyway. Otherwise you might end up with another cracked pin down the road. |
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