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Posted: 5/1/2003 8:58:15 PM EDT
| does anyone have any tips? my colt m16 armorers manual is useless here |
| Straight job of holding the FA unit in place while you tap the pin in. I start the pin into the hole from the bottom of the reciever, so the rear sight assy doesn't get in the way, and get the pin part way in before I assemble the FA and spring into the hole. Then just hold the assy in place til you get the pin tapped in far enough to retain it w/o having to hold it. I use a very small head hammer, initially, so I can tap the pin directly w/o using a punch. Once the pin is in far enough to retain the assy, I'll go to a punch and regular hammer to finish the job. Not hard if you're careful[:D] |
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THanks. Luckily ProfGab101 was in chat and he gave me some good tips for installing it which took me about 1 minute to install the thing. I used an undersized punch and a push pin holder as well as a small hammer for this job. I pushed the FA in til about 1/2" was sticking out then placed the undersized punch through the hole for the push pin. I used the pin hilder to hold the pushpin and i tapped it in through the top while the punch was still in place. When the pushpin holder almost made contact with the reciever i removed it and finished off tapping the pin with a punch. IT works as it was intended to |
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