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Posted: 1/22/2009 6:33:53 PM EDT
Well, i started assembling my lower, put trigger guard in, THEN, put the roll pin in the WRONG hole!! Now, should i just leave it, or try to drill it out?? Ticks me off, i should have known better, anyone else do this? Let me know what you did. Guess i am lucky though, i could have broken the ear off of the lower.
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Carefully cut the roll pin, preferably with a Dremmel tool and cut-off disk. You may want to put in some masking tape around the inside of the trigger guard to help protect should you slip.
Once cut in half you should be able to drift the pin through until it falls free. Just remember to fully support the ears while doing it. Lots of hardwear stores have roll pins of the correct size if you don't have spares. |
Its most of the way in, only about a short 1/4'' at the very most, cutting the trigger guard is something i've thought about too, anyone have an extra trigger guard?? This kind of bone head mistake ticks me off, and , i'm kind of a perfectionist, in a way. Like if you do it, do it right. Or, i could just leave it alone. But, i doubt if i will, this week just might be the time to do it. thanks for the extra idea.
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Its most of the way in, only about a short 1/4'' at the very most, cutting the trigger guard is something i've thought about too, anyone have an extra trigger guard?? This kind of bone head mistake ticks me off, and , i'm kind of a perfectionist, in a way. Like if you do it, do it right. Or, i could just leave it alone. But, i doubt if i will, this week just might be the time to do it. thanks for the extra idea.you could even try to grind away the trigger guard to expose the roll pin. the trigger guard is a few bucks from delton |
| You might try clamping it with a pair of vise grips and tapping the vise grips with a hammer to see if the pin backs out. Personally the cost of the receiver vs. the cost of even a Magpul guard would have me cutting that guard up and getting a new one, but it's your call. |
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