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Posted: 11/15/2002 7:58:15 PM EDT
| I need a punch/doohickie to make the front sling swivel rivet mushroom. I haven't had any luck finding anything to install the darn thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
| DA, I'm trying to get the rivet that holds the front sling swivel onto the sight to mushroom, thus holding the sling swivel in place, like the factory installed ones do. If you look at one that was installed at the factory, it's a purty lil' mushroom, you'll see what I'm talking about. |
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I just checked Harborfreight.com. They sell all types of punches except the one you need. Looks like pop rivets have just abut replaced rivet that require one end to be peaned over. A rivet set is just a punch with a concave face. You could make one by taking a steel shaft of the proper size, heating it to red hot, and placing the heated end over a small steel bearing of the size you want the rivet head to be, and whacking it with a hammer until the face has a divot in it. Then heat treat the new punch. Now you have a rivet set. |
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