Before I even thought about pressing barrel pins out, I lurked on this and other AK building boards for months.
I read all the threads about the zillion ways how to press a pin out- use this, use that- just pound it with a hammer, etc.
I also read all the threads with the horror stories about not being able to get pins out and the cluster that it became. Basically all this reading got me freaked out.
Finally it came down to it that I had to try something- I had nice kits that I wasn't goint to screw together. I asked around about build parties but got nowhere.
It became apparent that I was on my own. I have no machining background whatsoever.
I tried the BFH method for about 45 minutes and ended up peening the ends of the barrel pin without getting any movement.
I finally settled on using a big vise, a couple of bolts taped together, and a socket-hex adapter like candyman is talking about. I think pookie came up with this way. Blah blah blah 30 minutes later or so I had 4 pins out- a Romy, AMD65, AMD63, and a Bulg 74.
The moral of the story: do your homework, figure it out in your head, and do it. Don't get all freaked out about it. Sure, if you do enough builds you will run across a mutant pin that you can't budge and gotta drill. Cross that bridge when you come to it.