Author Topic: barrel pins  (Read 10866 times)

Offline Stophel

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Re: barrel pins
« Reply #25 on: November 15, 2009, 03:19:24 AM »
Used to use finishing nails but found them too labor intensive. First had to sort them w/ a mike, then clip the head and point off, straighten because most were slightly bent and finally chuck them in a drill press to level the serrations. Music wire requires only the end chamfers. Chris...seeing you taper your pins, do you inform all subsequent owners of your guns  of the "one way" pins?....Fred

Yes, and I always tell them there's no need to ever take them out.   ;)
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Offline Jerry V Lape

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Re: barrel pins
« Reply #26 on: November 15, 2009, 04:46:09 AM »
Wow, two pages of how to make pins!  Do you think we might be getting a little anal?  But I do have a new suggestion.  I am going to make mine from carbon fiber rod so I can save weight and improve balance of the rifle.   ::)