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Posted: 8/20/2010 2:10:40 PM EDT
| Where to buy? I know there is more than one manufacturer one being less expensive than the other. |
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Brownells lists three.
here here here Midway has this. SAW has this. The Young and SAW versions work well, but I have not used the others. |
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Brownells lists three. here here here Midway has this. SAW has this. The Young and SAW versions work well, but I have not used the others. Thanks I believe the Schuster's tool was the one I was thinking about. Wow MidwayUSA wants $25.99 for the tool, no C&R discount, a $4.99 special handling fee and then $7.15 for standard UPS shipping. Brownells wants $44.99 for the tool, $36.23 after C&R discount, and then $11.95 for shipping. That's too damn much for a screw in a piece of metal. |
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I got the Young Mfg tool from Brownells, if you have a C&R or armorer's certificate it drops the price to $33. It's a good tool and doesn't require you to position the bolt pin left or pin right.
You can also do the same procedure with a 2x4 block, a drilled hole and creative use of a couple pin punches. |
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I got the Young Mfg tool from Brownells, if you have a C&R or armorer's certificate it drops the price to $33. It's a good tool and doesn't require you to position the bolt pin left or pin right. You can also do the same procedure with a 2x4 block, a drilled hole and creative use of a couple pin punches. That's the way I've been doing it with a piece of wood and a vise. |
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Thanks, that's more like it. |
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I got the Young Mfg tool from Brownells, if you have a C&R or armorer's certificate it drops the price to $33. It's a good tool and doesn't require you to position the bolt pin left or pin right. You can also do the same procedure with a 2x4 block, a drilled hole and creative use of a couple pin punches. That's the way I've been doing it with a piece of wood and a vise. Did the same thing today 
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Quoted: I don't know why you're getting a special handling fee at Midway. Mine comes up $25.99 + $4.44 USPS first class. Adco is still cheaper. It's because he receives Dealer Pricing. It's understood that those who have Dealer Pricing must order a minimum of $50 or pay a special fee when shipping. It's part of the Dealer Agreement. |
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I don't know why you're getting a special handling fee at Midway. Mine comes up $25.99 + $4.44 USPS first class. Adco is still cheaper. It's because he receives Dealer Pricing. It's understood that those who have Dealer Pricing must order a minimum of $50 or pay a special fee when shipping. It's part of the Dealer Agreement. Ah, thanks that makes sense now. |
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not to be a a$$ but why dose anyone need a bolt disassembly tool. you can completely disassemble it with the firing pin. or a small punch. I don't see how it could be any easier. It's a pain pushing in the ejector and trying to push out the roll pin at the same time. The $25.00 for a tool to do it easily is worth it to me. |
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not to be a a$$ but why dose anyone need a bolt disassembly tool. you can completely disassemble it with the firing pin. or a small punch. I don't see how it could be any easier. The tool is to assist in removing the ejector, which is secured with a roll pin. The ejector has to be depressed while the pin is drifed out and reinsalled. Don't even think about trying to use your FP. You need a 1/16" punch. |
| o mine always came apart easy. I do use a punch tho. but i noticed the FP is just the right size to get it started and sense there no real force to get it started i figured its easier on the pin the hitting the primer. But i guess the outward pressure of the extractor spring mite harm the fp if you slip. |
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Got a shop vise? Get copper or brass vise faces and a spent cartridge case. Cut the base off the cartridge case and soft solder it to one of the faces. On the other face, drill a 1/4" hole about 1/8" deep, not all the way through it. This will hold the bolt for disassembly and compresse the ejector spring so the cross pin can be drifted out. |
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o mine always came apart easy. I do use a punch tho. but i noticed the FP is just the right size to get it started and sense there no real force to get it started i figured its easier on the pin the hitting the primer. But i guess the outward pressure of the extractor spring mite harm the fp if you slip. It sounds like you are talking about the extractor pin (#11) and not the ejector pin (#8). They are substantially different. The ejector pin is a roll pin. The extractor pin is a solid pin. 
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Punch, piece of wood. You don't need to depress the ejector while drifting the pin out––-its putting it back in that can get tricky, but not if you use a slave pin or a 2nd punch to hold the ejector and spring in place. Once you have the roll pin started in far enough, it will hold the ejector in place. Use a fired cartridge to load the ejector spring if you can't do it with a finger or hand tool. Feel free to send me your $25 for this information, and you can keep the shipping and handling charges. 
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Punch, piece of wood. You don't need to depress the ejector while drifting the pin out––-its putting it back in that can get tricky, but not if you use a slave pin or a 2nd punch to hold the ejector and spring in place. Once you have the roll pin started in far enough, it will hold the ejector in place. Use a fired cartridge to load the ejector spring if you can't do it with a finger or hand tool. Feel free to send me your $25 for this information, and you can keep the shipping and handling charges. I've been doing something very similar for the past several years using a spent cartridge, a block of wood, and my 4-1/2" vise. Now I'm at the point that if a $25.00 tool can make my life simpler I'll take it. |
UPDATE: Received my Schuster Bolt Disassembly Tool last week and it worked great. I disassembled and headspaced several of my carbines. Found my Armalite complete 16" upper that I've never fired closed easily on the NO-GO Gauge.  The only issue I see with the Bolt Disassembly Tool is that the bolt digs into the soft aluminium quite easily. It took about 10 seconds to break the bolt down with the tool well worth the money so far.
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