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Posted: 4/4/2009 8:25:21 PM EDT
| I have a Larue lower on order to go with my Larue stealth upper. I have a Bushmaster complete lower that I want to take the parts out of to build the Larue lower. Is there any problem with moving parts from one to the other? |
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Are you planning to move the bolt release and trigger guard too? Those roll pins can be a PITA unless you have the right tools. Guess I am lucky then, never had one problem with either. Went to an armorers class recently, tore down and put the rifle back together a good 15 times over 3 days, not one problem from either of those two areas. |
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Are you planning to move the bolt release and trigger guard too? Those roll pins can be a PITA unless you have the right tools. LaRue lowers have an integral trigger guard, so he won't have any problems there. I've never had a problem with the bolt release pin either. One of those flat sided roll pin punches would make it even easier though. |
| I wont have to remove the trigger guard but I will have to remove the bolt catch roll pin. I have a set of punches and I ordered on extra pin for the bolt catch just in case I F it up trying to get it out. Does the roll pin come out pretty easy or is it a pain to get out? |
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I wont have to remove the trigger guard but I will have to remove the bolt catch roll pin. I have a set of punches and I ordered on extra pin for the bolt catch just in case I F it up trying to get it out. Does the roll pin come out pretty easy or is it a pain to get out? My experience is it comes out just like any other roll pin, the PITA is not banging up your lower in the process, just tape around the area the hammer may strike, when re-installing it, stick a 1/16" punch in the one side to hold the bolt catch in place, then start your roll pin, once the roll pin has passed through enough of the bolt catch remove the punch and continue to bang the roll pin through. |
| Last night I started to pull some parts out of the lower. I removed the front pivot pin first. I was trying to be careful pulling the pin out so that the spring and detent wouldnt go flying out. I pushed the detent down thrrough the hole and started to pull the pin pin out. I felt a little tention on the pin and pulled a little harder and sure enough the pin came out and the spring and detent went flying up and hit the ceiling. I almost crapped my pants. I looked down, the spring and detent were both in my lap. I will be alot more careful if I do that again. |
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Last night I started to pull some parts out of the lower. I removed the front pivot pin first. I was trying to be careful pulling the pin out so that the spring and detent wouldnt go flying out. I pushed the detent down thrrough the hole and started to pull the pin pin out. I felt a little tention on the pin and pulled a little harder and sure enough the pin came out and the spring and detent went flying up and hit the ceiling. I almost crapped my pants. I looked down, the spring and detent were both in my lap. I will be alot more careful if I do that again. old grocery bag works great next time |
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Are you planning to move the bolt release and trigger guard too? Those roll pins can be a PITA unless you have the right tools. Guess I am lucky then, never had one problem with either. Went to an armorers class recently, tore down and put the rifle back together a good 15 times over 3 days, not one problem from either of those two areas. I've been thinking about this. When I watch the assembly videos, it looks like the builders are using much less force than it took for me to install the AR roll pins that I've worked with. For example, when putting in the trigger guard pin, my light hammer was not moving the pin so I resorted to using a standard hammer and hitting it pretty hard. The videos show builders tapping the pins in with light hammers. Still, we managed to git-R-done without breaking anything so I didn't think too much about it at the time. Maybe I've had bad luck with having things that are too big for the holes they are supposed to go into.(rim-shot) |
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I was looking at the tutorial for assembeling a stripped lower and it showed how to put the bolt release roll pin in with vise grips. Is that easier than using a punch? Less chance of scratching up the receiver. Neither way is that difficult, unless you have a stubborn roll pin, then the vice grip method is a bit easier. |
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