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Posted: 10/27/2007 1:10:35 PM EDT
Hello guys I was wanting to know what way to tap the pins out on my FSB when looking down the gun shooting it, lets say that the safety is on the right and the other side is the left. Do I tap the pins out left to right, or right to left? I really cant tell which side to start with because if one side is slightly bigger than the other I need to get my eyes checked because I cant see the difference. TIA. 
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| Question can I take a big rubber mallet and smack it? I do not want to mess my gun up though. It really is bad. Can someone post pics and instructions on how to widen or make the pin cuts longer. I sent the gun back twice due to the fact that the front sight post was all the way to the right (all the way) and I still needed more wind age out of it. The only thing the guy could do was to give me a free RPK adjustable rear sight to help with the matters. And he also said that he would take the FSB off and put it back on as straight as possible. Well it is all crooked now worse than it was before I sent the gun back to him. |
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Here's some sites with good info on how to work on the sight suppot: www.gunsnet.net/forums/showthread.php?t=110911 www.gunsnet.net/linx310/ Most AK pins are not tapered so it really doesn't make any difference which way you drive them. HOWEVER, it's possible a builder may have used tapered pins, so to prevent problems, drive the pin out from LEFT to RIGHT, as you sight down the barrel. The "trick" to getting pins out is to get the barrel in a SOLID "no-bounce, no-move" setup. If the barrel moves or bounces when you strike the punch, the force is dissipated, and instead of the pin moving, it may deform, locking it even tighter in place. Also, to start the pin out, use a "Starter punch". This is nothing more than a regular pins punch that's been cut off to about a 1/2" inch working length. The shorter punch won't bend or flex like a full length punch, and this directs all the force to the pin. |
-Thank you.
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"The "trick" to getting pins out is to get the barrel in a SOLID "no-bounce, no-move" setup. If the barrel moves or bounces when you strike the punch, the force is dissipated, and instead of the pin moving, it may deform, locking it even tighter in place. Also, to start the pin out, use a "Starter punch". This is nothing more than a regular pins punch that's been cut off to about a 1/2" inch working length. The shorter punch won't bend or flex like a full length punch, and this directs all the force to the pin." HUGE +1 on both points! If you cannot see one end of the pin deformed slightly from when they were installed, then you "should" be able to drive them out in either direction. Most of the time they do get deformed a bit on the side they were driven in from, though. |
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