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Posted: 8/4/2007 2:22:26 PM EDT
| I've tried everything trying to pop out the FSB pins and no luck so far. Any suggestions or remedies? |
Funny, mines a Bushmaster. |
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Tried both sides and no luck. hinking.gif All I wanted to do was remove the bayo lug and sling loop. Guess I can just cut them off with a dremel without removing the FSB. Oh and FSB = Front Sight Base not a flash suppressor |
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Found this in another thread: "If you're ready for a front sight removal, remeber front sight base pins are to be taken out of their holes to the same side brass is ejected (if your upper has the ejection port on the right like most do). If they don't come out at first punch, try heating up the FSB. Dont worry, you wont damage anything" |
| Make sure you're using a punch with a tip smaller than the pin. The problem I had at first was that I was using a large punch and the pin was mushrooming larger than the hole and not allowing it to move out. I used a smaller punch and it sheared the mushroomed metal off and pushed the pin right out. Just support it on both sides of the fsb and don't be afraid to give it a good whack. |
Or a Dremel tool. 
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Bushmaster never welded taper FSB pins in place. They just often pounded them in so tight, then parked over the assembly, that they are very difficult to remove. I recently worked on a Colt I personally have had apart in my garage twice before.... (years earlier) but this time the pins were a nightmare. Never had that happen before..... it was weird. |
Try some industrial penetrating oil, figure out which side to hit them on and make sure you have the fsb firmly supported. THe hit them with a good pin and a hammer. If that does no good, give Randall a call he has a neat fixture set up for getting the most evil pins out. |
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 haha theres the answer i was looking for. thats what i did but i didn't plan on reusing it |
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+1 on the BFH. More power and easier to control than a hard lick with a smaller hammer. Yes, drive them out left to right, and yes, be damn sure to support the FSB on the other side. Get a buddy to help, another pair of hands to help steady eveything. ETA: AR15Barrels, how much will that groovy setup set me back? 
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About $50 for the jaws and pusher parts, but the vise they mount inside is going to be several hundred and weigh 70lbs+ |
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