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7/5/2004 5:18:01 PM EDT
p077.ezboard.com/fparallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsforumsfrm52.showMessage?topicID=4854.topic

i used a live round and tapped it with a rubber mallet to take the trigger group out.  any danger in doing this?  i've done it many times before, the guy who quoted me in that thread doesn't seem to think it's a good idea.  
7/5/2004 5:26:49 PM EDT
[#1]
Don't do this!

Use the nose of a Phillips Screw Driver.
7/5/2004 5:33:23 PM EDT
[#2]
Unless you have a death wish or like walking with crutches I wouldn't recommend it.  How bout save some money and a hospital trip by justing buying a punch or a screw driver.
7/5/2004 5:36:43 PM EDT
[#3]
I use a punch, sounds a bit safer.
7/5/2004 5:37:52 PM EDT
[#4]
whoops!  guess i was wrong eh?  i've used the screwdriver before but i was too lazy to get up and find it so i used a bullet.  heheh.  it did work great though.
7/5/2004 5:57:43 PM EDT
[#5]

Quoted:
whoops! h?



Laziness and gun safety aren't a very good combination.  I'd clean my gun when I was more awake next time if I were you.
7/5/2004 6:30:58 PM EDT
[#6]

Quoted:

Laziness and gun safety aren't a very good combination.  I'd clean my gun when I was more awake next time if I were you.



i still think it would be hard to detonate a round with a rubber mallet.  
7/5/2004 6:39:02 PM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Laziness and gun safety aren't a very good combination.  I'd clean my gun when I was more awake next time if I were you.



i still think it would be hard to detonate a round with a rubber mallet.  



Reminds me of that bugs bunny cartoon where he's testing the artillery rounds for duds, he whacks one on the head while flinching, then writes "dud" on it and then moves onto the next one.
7/5/2004 7:55:26 PM EDT
[#8]
7/5/2004 8:27:52 PM EDT
[#9]
Somebody PLEASE take his gun away before he hurts someone
7/5/2004 11:20:13 PM EDT
[#10]
Their should be A punch in your issue cleaning kit.
(The one in the butt stock...If yours came with one that is.)
7/6/2004 9:48:13 PM EDT
[#11]

Quoted:
I used a live round and tapped it with a rubber mallet to take the trigger group out.




Field expedient punch.




7/6/2004 9:50:14 PM EDT
[#12]
Use a punch
7/7/2004 3:18:24 AM EDT
[#13]
the danger stems from the chance that you will compress the propellant charge by seating the bullet deeper into the case and then try to shoot that round. using bullets as field tools is correct and proper...just 'push' on them. never use them as an impact/striking tool.
7/7/2004 9:12:11 AM EDT
[#14]
thanks campy.  i believe i learned it from a VN vet when i first started shooting.  
7/7/2004 9:43:11 AM EDT
[#15]

Quoted:
thanks campy.  i believe i learned it from a VN vet when i first started shooting.  



Well, that is the normal way to get an AR un-hinged (push out the back reciever pin with a 5.56mm round... Not too comfortable with using a hammer, though...
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