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Posted: 12/7/2014 9:53:46 PM EDT
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Guys
I just received a pre-ban receiver that cost me a good amount of money. It is in very nice shape, but someone has installed the trigger guard backwards, with the roll pin in the hole where the detent goes! Honest, it wasn't me, I am a trained mechanic, and a former Marine Corps armorer, and I know how it is supposed to be! Here is my issue. Since the detent hole is one-sided, the roll pin is now in a blind hole! I cant get it out to turn the trigger guard around the right way. 
I have tried masking off the receiver, and grabbing the little nub of the roll pin with vice grips, but it just isn't enough to hold on to. About the only thing I can think to do is section up the pin end of the trigger guard with a dremel cut-off wheel until I can drive the roll pin in to clear the receiver. Any suggestions would be deeply appreciated! 
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Try tapping the inside of the roll pin and threading a machine screw into it, then using the head of the screw to pull out the pin. Failing that, drill the pin out.
I hope you contacted the seller about this "issue." Paying high dollar for a receiver that someone boogered up most likely wasn't part of your deal... |
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Guys I just received a pre-ban receiver that cost me a good amount of money. It is in very nice shape, but someone has installed the trigger guard backwards, with the roll pin in the hole where the detent goes! Honest, it wasn't me, I am a trained mechanic, and a former Marine Corps armorer, and I know how it is supposed to be! Here is my issue. Since the detent hole is one-sided, the roll pin is now in a blind hole! I cant get it out to turn the trigger guard around the right way. <a href="http://s800.photobucket.com/user/reswhiz/media/photo_zpsfb7148ba.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/yy285/reswhiz/photo_zpsfb7148ba.jpg</a> I have tried masking off the receiver, and grabbing the little nub of the roll pin with vice grips, but it just isn't enough to hold on to. About the only thing I can think to do is section up the pin end of the trigger guard with a dremel cut-off wheel until I can drive the roll pin in to clear the receiver. Any suggestions would be deeply appreciated! Might try using an easy out to get a bite on the pin and see if you can turn/pull the pin out. Failing that, drill it, failing that , unless the trigger guard is some one of a kind rare as hen's teeth part, dremel that bitch out a piece at a time. |
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Thanks for the replies!
That roll pin is VERY small on the ID, and I don't know if I could get an easy out that would fit it. I may be able to get a tap to fit, but it would have to be very small. I think I would be more inclined to dremel out the $2 trigger guard, then risk trying to drill out the hardened pin and screwing up the receiver! 
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Wow! A lot of good suggestions, and a couple of offers for replacement parts! You guys are the best!
The pin is very hard (it actually left depressions in the jaws of my Craftsman vise-grips), so I don't think I will try to drill it out. I also don't know if I could find a screw that small to screw into the hole in the center (and it might just spread the pin and make it harder to pull). I think I will go with cutting it out with the dremel. That was my initial thought on what to do, but I just wanted to run it by the hive mind because there are a lot smarter guys then me here! 
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Try tapping the inside of the roll pin and threading a machine screw into it, then using the head of the screw to pull out the pin. Failing that, drill the pin out. I hope you contacted the seller about this "issue." Paying high dollar for a receiver that someone boogered up most likely wasn't part of your deal... You have a point there! It is bad enough that I am paying $500+ for a 20 year old receiver, when anyone in a free state can get a new one for $50-$100. 
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You have a point there! It is bad enough that I am paying $500+ for a 20 year old receiver, when anyone in a free state can get a new one for $50-$100.
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Try tapping the inside of the roll pin and threading a machine screw into it, then using the head of the screw to pull out the pin. Failing that, drill the pin out. I hope you contacted the seller about this "issue." Paying high dollar for a receiver that someone boogered up most likely wasn't part of your deal... You have a point there! It is bad enough that I am paying $500+ for a 20 year old receiver, when anyone in a free state can get a new one for $50-$100.
That was my thinking. At least he could have kissed you too... If you got this through the EE here on ARFCOM, make sure that the stupid trigger guard is in your feedback. Just sayin'...
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