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Posted: 8/27/2005 6:04:31 PM EDT
| Well, I am stumped. I was going to replace the factory latch on my RRA with a PRI Big Latch. I used a short dimpled roll pin starter punch to no avail then beat the shit out of it with every other 1/16" punch in my somewhat ample gunsmith tool box. It ain't budged a millimeter. So now what? Do I drill it out and replace the pin, or??? |
| Yessir...did that...also, the pin is very short apparently as it is probably 3/32" below both the top and bottom surface of the hole through the charging handle, and it absolutely won't move in either direction..I've punched out a lot of pins in my life, and was a machinist for a couple of years, but this is a real booger bear! |
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all the pins i have removed have been short but long enough to hold the latch in place. i place the handle on a stool that has a cutout in it and place it on the stool so the pin is over the hole. then i insert the punch in the recessed pin hole and whack it. the recessed pin hole helps align the punch to prevent slippage imo. i did replace one today on a colt 6450 which was much tighter than any of my bushmaster's, rra's and so on's but still went smoothly. if the punch doesnt fit in the recessed hole where the pin doesnt go all the way through then the punch it too big. |
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