Gunsmithing tip - The Firearms Forum

searcher5 · 10-18-2004, 09:51 PM

This may be old hat to some of you pros, but this is something that I have found quite useful when working on firearms. I was putting a ruger 10/22 trigger back together today, when I thought of a tip that might be useful to others. When you are putting a part together that is comprised of several different parts utilizing the same pin, if you don't have the correct size slave pin, (as most of us never do)use a dowel rod, or a wooden match or toothpick. You can either cut or sand them down to the right size,put the part assembly in place, and then just push the temporary pin out with the real pin.

Xracer · 10-19-2004, 07:43 AM

The smooth end of a drill also works nicely.

4 eyed six shooter · 10-27-2004, 05:39 PM

Great tip. I keep an old chewing tabacco can and every time that I make a new slave pin, I throw it in the can. I now have a sizable collection of slave pins. Keep on the look out for old pins and pieces of metal rod that can be made into pins as needed.
Good shooting, John K

allmons · 10-27-2004, 07:24 PM

Excellent tip! Thank you!

LIKTOSHOOT · 10-27-2004, 07:31 PM

I have used finish nails for years and years. Snip the ends and polish, if ya lose them.....pull some out of yer cabinets...lol

LTS

TRAP55 · 10-27-2004, 10:53 PM

I use a refridgerator magnet on the side of my toolbox to keep them handy, just pull off the one you need!

10-18-2004, 09:51 PM	#1
searcher5 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: S.E. Kansas Posts: 165	Gunsmithing tip This may be old hat to some of you pros, but this is something that I have found quite useful when working on firearms. I was putting a ruger 10/22 trigger back together today, when I thought of a tip that might be useful to others. When you are putting a part together that is comprised of several different parts utilizing the same pin, if you don't have the correct size slave pin, (as most of us never do)use a dowel rod, or a wooden match or toothpick. You can either cut or sand them down to the right size,put the part assembly in place, and then just push the temporary pin out with the real pin. __________________ Proud member of the NRA When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion. Abraham Lincoln If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. Albert Einstein -->

10-19-2004, 07:43 AM	#2
Xracer TFF Admin Staff Mediator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Minn-eeee-sota, ya, sure, you bet! Posts: 9,144	Re: Gunsmithing tip The smooth end of a drill also works nicely.

10-27-2004, 05:39 PM	#3
4 eyed six shooter V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Teton Mountains, Idaho Posts: 91	Re: Gunsmithing tip Great tip. I keep an old chewing tabacco can and every time that I make a new slave pin, I throw it in the can. I now have a sizable collection of slave pins. Keep on the look out for old pins and pieces of metal rod that can be made into pins as needed. Good shooting, John K __________________ www.savagegunsmithing.com Anyone worth shooting is worth shooting more than once! Stop crime, shoot back! EARTH FIRST! We'll hunt the rest of the planets later

10-27-2004, 07:24 PM	#4
allmons Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 43	Re: Gunsmithing tip Excellent tip! Thank you!

10-27-2004, 07:31 PM	#5
LIKTOSHOOT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 9,367	Re: Gunsmithing tip I have used finish nails for years and years. Snip the ends and polish, if ya lose them.....pull some out of yer cabinets...lol LTS

10-27-2004, 10:53 PM	#6
TRAP55 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Occupied Territory Of Kalifornia Posts: 1,834	Re: Gunsmithing tip I use a refridgerator magnet on the side of my toolbox to keep them handy, just pull off the one you need! __________________ Aim small...Miss small www.mausercentral.com/forum