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Posted: 12/25/2013 12:12:13 PM EDT
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Anyone ever make their own AR tools? Had the idea to make a front take down pen detent installation and removal tools.
just took a allen wrench small enough to fit the detent channel and ground one end at an angle. Works great. Drilled a hole in the other wrench (had to heat it first) and it works well also. Guess I'm just to cheap to buy them. |
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Many people use a clevis pin to install the front take down detent. My local hardware was out of that size, so I made mine own tool using a piece of dowel rod I had in the garage. I drilled a cross hole and it worked like a charm.
I made a lower magazine block to allow me to hold my lower while assembling everything. To hold my pins when I started them, I drilled a corresponding hole in the end of a 3/8" bolt. I can start the pins easily, then finish them with the proper size punch I can post pictures if anyone is interested. |
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Many people use a clevis pin to install the front take down detent. My local hardware was out of that size, so I made mine own tool using a piece of dowel rod I had in the garage. I drilled a cross hole and it worked like a charm. I made a lower magazine block to allow me to hold my lower while assembling everything. To hold me pins when I started them, I drilled a corresponding hole in the end of a 3/8" bolt. I can start the pins easily, then finish them with the proper size punch I can post pictures if anyone is interested. Please do. I have not heard of that trick. Thanks, B. |
Here are the pictures of the homemade vise block made out of oak, it is profiled to match the mag well, and has a slot milled to work with the mag catch. The vise block can be inserted from the top and bottom of the lower.
Pin starter from a 3/8 carriage bolt. The hole is drilled off center so that it can get clearance on the bolt release pin. 
I do woodworking, so it was easy and quick to turn these out with my table saw and drill press. |
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