Good evening everyone,
I introduce myself.
I am writing from far away from you.
Precisely from Italy
In Italy there is no gun culture like you, on the contrary, people see us almost as criminals only because we have passed visits, paid permits and bought our guns for shooting or more simply to go hunting.
I had found a similar thread but the thread was closed
Now I'll explain my problem:
I bought a marlin X7Vh .308 from a gentleman.
He has the ejection pin stuck in the down position (he told me right away when he handed me the gun)
Believing that it was easy to remove the pin underneath that blocks everything, I did not give weight to the fact.
But now I realized that the pin is bloody stuck.
I broke two 2mm diameter punches (the hole is 2.20mm) and 4 cobalt bits trying to reopen the hole with a drill press.
I tried to warm my head to make it dilate and then push with the pin, but nothing even like that.
Do you know of any other ways to reopen the hole, change the spring, pin and put the block back that doesn't move now?
I have also seen that the head can be replaced with that of the Remington 783, but unfortunately in Italy it seems extinct.
I would like to put photos, but I don't know if it is possible by regulation to put them
Thanks to all those who will be able to help me.
PS: Sorry if there are any errors I used google translate
I introduce myself.
I am writing from far away from you.
Precisely from Italy
In Italy there is no gun culture like you, on the contrary, people see us almost as criminals only because we have passed visits, paid permits and bought our guns for shooting or more simply to go hunting.
I had found a similar thread but the thread was closed
Now I'll explain my problem:
I bought a marlin X7Vh .308 from a gentleman.
He has the ejection pin stuck in the down position (he told me right away when he handed me the gun)
Believing that it was easy to remove the pin underneath that blocks everything, I did not give weight to the fact.
But now I realized that the pin is bloody stuck.
I broke two 2mm diameter punches (the hole is 2.20mm) and 4 cobalt bits trying to reopen the hole with a drill press.
I tried to warm my head to make it dilate and then push with the pin, but nothing even like that.
Do you know of any other ways to reopen the hole, change the spring, pin and put the block back that doesn't move now?
I have also seen that the head can be replaced with that of the Remington 783, but unfortunately in Italy it seems extinct.
I would like to put photos, but I don't know if it is possible by regulation to put them
Thanks to all those who will be able to help me.
PS: Sorry if there are any errors I used google translate