Originally Posted by gotm4
... For true taper pins I use a tool that Randall Rausch gave me. It's just a simple piece of steel that has a hole it in to allow the pin to move as I hold it on the right side of the FSB pin to allow the vise to nudge it over to the right, once the pin moves it comes right out). I allows me to start the pins without hammering on them at all. The only ones I've never been able to break loose were CMT/Stag pins which are really in there and in backwards (they remove from the left side).
The tools works great on everything else (which includes Colt, Bushmaster, CMMG etc) for companies that use the non tapered pins (LMT, RRA, Armalite ect), I just soak a little in Kroil for 10-15min and use the FSB block from Brownells and a small combo Brownells plastic/brass hammer. These pins can push out/in from either side.
To save your FSB, you should drill the pin a little (use a drill press if possible) from the left side and then remove knock it out with a punch then replace it with a new taper pin (might as well do both, their pretty inexpensive).