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mini 14 front sight pin

slackmasonslackmason Member Posts: 618 ✭✭✭✭
edited November 2007 in General Discussion
i just picked up the masen muzzlebreak for my mini 14
580 series and i cant get the pin off the front sight
can anyone tell my why.
ive been taping at it with a punch and a hammer and have just seemed to ding up the end of the pin.
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  • MrOrangeMrOrange Member Posts: 3,012
    edited November -1
    A proper-fittin' punch and a hammer are the preferred method. There are punches specifically for roll pins, might want to look up one of those if you're having problems with the pin deforming and not moving out the way you want.

    Do you have the sight/barrel braced against something solid, like a block of wood on a stout bench? If what you're trying to hammer can move around that'll absorb some of the energy of the hammer blow.

    Maybe you just need a bigger hammer!


    FWIW I put the Choate "recoil compensator" on my mini's, just using a hacksaw, files and hammer and punch.
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