I got my first AR as a gift awhile back. Being a gift and a suprise. There were a couple of changes i wanted to make. So i went to dissembling it. I noticed the takedown pins were very tight, hard to remove so i hammered them out, the rear pin came all the way out, it looks like the detent was not in the groove of the pin. maybe why the pin was so hard to remove. Anyway, now i have a problem. The detent has closed up and i cant figure out a way to get the pin back in.
This appears to be a different setup than most.(from what i can see online, im no expert) The detent is actually inside of the hole that the takedown pin goes into, ive made every effort push the detent down and slip the pin in but havent had any luck. I know theres gotta be an easier way that im not thinking of.
Any ideas?