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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: coriantonk on September 05, 2011, 10:19:16 AM

Title: HELP! AR 15
Post by: coriantonk on September 05, 2011, 10:19:16 AM: I know that this is a long shot, but does anyone in the Tacoma area have an extra AR15 firing pi retaining pin? Every gun shop I could think of is closed today.
Title: Re: HELP! AR 15
Post by: coriantonk on September 05, 2011, 11:22:09 AM: Well I found the only gunshop in the tacoma area that is open today. The Marksman on Canyon rd. They only sell that pin as part of their "Oh Crap kit" 14 dollars for A simple cotter pin :bash: and all of the other little parts.
Title: Re: HELP! AR 15
Post by: bowNarrow on September 05, 2011, 12:29:31 PM: homedepot has lots of cotter pins
Title: Re: HELP! AR 15
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on September 05, 2011, 01:33:56 PM: Quote from: bowNarrow on September 05, 2011, 12:29:31 PM
homedepot has lots of cotter pins

:yeah: And don't shoot your gun without it! that little cotter pin is probably the most important part of your bolt/carrier assembly.
Title: Re: HELP! AR 15
Post by: coriantonk on September 05, 2011, 02:47:24 PM: Quote from: bowNarrow on September 05, 2011, 12:29:31 PM
homedepot has lots of cotter pins

Yes they do and they are all the wrong shape at the head. I checked 3 hardware stores, and then I bought the $14 kit.
Title: Re: HELP! AR 15
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on September 05, 2011, 06:24:06 PM: You think that's a hard to find part...don't lose the roll pin that goes in the charging handle latch! (A tip: If you do, the roll pin that holds in the detent and spring in the trigger guard is the same size. I put winter trigger guards on my AR's so I had some to rob.)