Okay... This is a long story, but I should start from the beginning.
I have an original Arsenal Bulgaria, milled AK receiver that I purchased over a decade ago, and sent off with a parts kit to Gary "INFORMER" Gucciano to be assembled. (Those of you who have been here long enough remember the "Informer" fiasco).
Anyway... Years later... After the Atty. General sorted through the Gucciano debacle, I got my receiver back (and some of my parts).
The only thing that had been done to it was the following:
1) The barrel had been put on a lathe, and turned down to accept the later Bulgarian "AK74" style gas block... (But it was turned down too small, and off center).
2) The rear sight block had been pressed onto the barrel, but not pinned.
3) The barrel had been pressed into the receiver, (and APPEARED to be un-pinned).
4) The whole assembly had been bead blasted, and covered with a nice thin coat of surface rust.
So... This assembly had been sitting on a shelf in my closet for 10 years, and I finally decided to do a proper Milled AK build on it.
First step was to press out the screwed up barrel.
After spending about a week figuring out how I was going to press the barrel out of an intact receiver (as opposed to just a stub), I finally came up with a setup that would work for my press, and was ready to go.
I started pressing... and this SOB was NOT moving.
After closer inspection, I was dismayed to find that It DOES have a damned barrel pin, but it was very well hidden by the sand blasting job that was done on the assembly.
Here is the problem: The barrel appears to be pinned with a BLIND PIN??? It goes in on the right side, but does not come out on the left side.
How do I go about getting THAT out?