Cant get spring pin out of my Harris Bipod
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You're not hitting it hard enough.
Mine didn't come out until after frustration had turned into murderous rage.
I used a roll pin punch and some hard hits on a bench block to get those buggers out. Don't be afraid to go at it hard.
They are very stubborn, switched over to talons last week. Those roll pins had me sweating!
Like stated above, it takes some muscle. But it sure helps to have the right took, a roll pin punch. If you get them out without the tool, it is almost impossible to get them back in without a roll pin punch.
I cut a heavyish nail cut off about a 1/2” long and ground it flat and put it on one side of the cross pin in a vice. I then put a small socket on the other side. Close the vice around both sides and it will start that pin moving which seems to be the toughest part, breaking it loose. Once you get it close to closed down or the mail bottoms out on the leg back it off and throw the bipod leg in a glove or leather of some sort to cushion and protect it from the too-hard-vice jaws, close it in the vice where it is close to the pin so that there is not very much leverage on the leg since that rubber boot isn’t even and won’t apply presser evenly. Use a punch and hammer to drift it all the way through.
I have pinched the pin end closed to make it smaller but not so closed that you make it oblong and then I’ll run the pins outer edge over a grinder to chamfer it to make it easier to start/reinsert. Don’t deform it too much, just enough to close that 1/32” gap.
I have pinched the pin end closed to make it smaller but not so closed that you make it oblong and then I’ll run the pins outer edge over a grinder to chamfer it to make it easier to start/reinsert. Don’t deform it too much, just enough to close that 1/32” gap.
Doing it with those little blocks and the supplied pin is a horror show.
I have two harris bipods, one with talons and the other with podmods. I want to swap them over but couldn't face doing it with the supplied tools.
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That's called "levelling Up". And when you bring out the 'Brass-Axe' (aka "Cutting Torch") then that is called "God Mode".
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