These are a solution to a non-existent problem. If pin walking were a real issue it would have been addressed in service rifles issued to combat units. And there is the sepatate issue of hardening. Bill Geissele has posted against using these pins with his triggers, as they are softer and develop wear patterns with rough edges that end up interfering with trigger function. If it ain't broke, don't "fix" it, and it simply ain't broke. Use either standard milspec pins with milspec triggers, or the pins that are supplied with aftermarket triggers, designed to work with them. Again, Geissele supplies his own hardened pins with Geissele triggers. If milspec doesn't specify them and Geissele, Timmney and other trigger manufacturers do not use them, then that ought to speak loudly to the non-existent nature of the "problem."