Getting FSB pins in
I was doing an upper build with my son today. I removed the FSB from a new barrel for rail installation. Because it was a new barrel (DD), the FSB pins were loose on arrival. When I replaced the FSB and set to putting the FSB pins in, the tapered pins would not fully seat in the FSB. As of now, one pin protrudes by about 0.07", the other by 0.09". The recesses in the pin holes (the left side) are just about the same, so the pins are the correct size.
When pounding on the pins, I started with a 'smith hammer and brass punch, then aluminum, then steel, going to a heavier (carpenter) hammer along the way. I gave it more than a few good blows (not like a removal, but pretty good). The FSB was well supported and solidly backed.
While I have had less than perfect FSB installations before, I have never had pins protrude this much. They seem solidly in, but I have begun to mushroom the heads. Should I start over, get new pins and start over, not worry about it? Advice?
Last edited by Amicus; 12-04-11 at 22:16.
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