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Posted: 3/15/2012 3:24:59 PM EDT
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I have a line on an aes-10b but the fsb has been unpinned and pushed off, then pushed back on, but not repinned. How difficult is it for a guy with 10 thumbs and basic tools to not eff it up? I guess a better way to say it is - should I try to track a smith, or can I put on big-boy pants and do this?
ETA: is it this simple? http://www.ak47.net/forums/t_4_74/141019_Crooked_Rear_Sight.html You're over thinking this. LOTS of people have gotten Romanian AK's with canted front sights and have fixed them themselves with ordinary home tools. Really all you need to do it is a short starter pin punch which you make by cutting a Sears punch off to about a 1/2" working length or a nail set, some wood and possibly a buddy to brace and support the barrel, a proper size drill bit, and either a rubber mallet or a block of wood and a hammer. Installing a new barrel in an AK is a big job requiring more tooling then most home shops have, and possibly more than the average local gunsmith might have unless he works on AK's. Fixing a canted front sight is really not a major gunsmithing job. I'm not sure I agree, but it depends on your skill level. Freezing the part with dry ice and then heating the part the pins needing drifted out of does hepl the pins move. |
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