so I've been trying to get this pin out for a while now when I put the whole thing in the US cleaner. It's the only part of the gun I did not disassemble. I broke a punch and bent two others trying.
The online tutorial I saw showed hammering it out from the top down. I took it to my gunsmith today to see if he could quickly get it out. He used his spring punches and tried for about 20 minutes, broke his punch, then said it wasn't worth it to keep trying.
1) does it come out from the top or bottom? I know my 5906 is from the bottom.
2) the bottom of the pin got seriously marred, as did the part of my slide, is this ok?
3) how the hell should I get this out? I would like to put a roll pin in there as well to make it easier in the future.
I tried soaking it with lube. I have PB blaster, I've done series of small whacks and I've tried heavy hits.
thoughts? Also, he asked if I could cover half his punch. I agreed out of courtesy, but isn't this part of the job having your tools break? I certainly didn't handle it and break it.
The online tutorial I saw showed hammering it out from the top down. I took it to my gunsmith today to see if he could quickly get it out. He used his spring punches and tried for about 20 minutes, broke his punch, then said it wasn't worth it to keep trying.
1) does it come out from the top or bottom? I know my 5906 is from the bottom.
2) the bottom of the pin got seriously marred, as did the part of my slide, is this ok?
3) how the hell should I get this out? I would like to put a roll pin in there as well to make it easier in the future.
I tried soaking it with lube. I have PB blaster, I've done series of small whacks and I've tried heavy hits.
thoughts? Also, he asked if I could cover half his punch. I agreed out of courtesy, but isn't this part of the job having your tools break? I certainly didn't handle it and break it.