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Posted: 2/17/2005 6:54:35 PM EDT
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First off I had a customer that didn't want this gun. He offered it to me cheap to fund new gun. I didn't need it but been wanting a Dissy so here's the plan. I want to remove the noise maker (mini y) from the barrel. I looked it over and I can't see were it's pinned? It has a crush washer so I assume its threaded. Being the barrel is 14.5 without it must be pinned. Has anyone removed one of these? Once this detail is taken care of install a mid length rail and different sights we be rocking 
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| A pin is on the bottom 6 oclock position and possibly 12 oclock position too. There will be a slight discoloration of the finishing. Take a dremmel and cut from 12 oclock all the way to the 6oclock position and through the front of the comp so that the only metal that is holding the comp together is near the pins but don't go all the way to the threads. Turn barrel upwards and lightly start tapping with a chisel until the comp splits in half and falls off. Just be careful and take your time. |
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Thanks for the reply So the pins are installed that direction? For some reason I was thinking the pins were installed like the front sight . I need to get some cutting wheels for the dremel and try this. The tricky part is pinning the new flash hider. Do you usually solder, pin or weld yours? |
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The pins are at 12:00 and 6:00 but off-set. When looking directly down, when viewed from the rear of the weapon, they will be to your left, not centered over the bore. When you grind away at the brake, the pins will be difficult to see because the grinding "polishes" over the pin, making it hard to see. Grind down about 1/8" in the area of the top pin and bottom pin, about 1/4" in Dia. Then get a armors wrench and rock the brake back and forth to break the polished seal of the pin/brake and the pins should become visible. ONLY TWIST THE BRAKE 1/16" OR SO, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO UNSCREW IT W/O GETTING THE PINS OUT. Once you do this, tap on the brake and the pins will either fall out, or they will back out enough to get a set of needle nose pliers on them to pull out. My first was a bitch, scond took about 10 minutes. |
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The thing to remember is there is no particular method other than: 1. DON'T CUT INTO YOUR BARREL. 2. DON'T DAMAGE YOUR THREADS. 3. DON'T BEND YOUR BARREL. 4. DON'T UNSCREW WITH THE PINS STILL IN. Other than that do what works for you. Heck slap that sucker in a barrel vise and use a grinder and grind the pins down almost to the thread and then try the splitting method if they don't just fall out first. Just imagine that brake as your worst enemy and it will be gone sooner or later. |
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