AK Bullet Button install problem

[mvpatriot]

Im trying to install a BB on my SAR-1 and I can't mannage to get this dang rivet out of the mag catch lever. I can't mannage to drill it out with my bits well enough to get it out with the punch. Do I need a special bit or should I just kick up the elbow grease? Thanks in advance!

[knucklehead 61]

use a cobalt bit & lots of cutting oil. should drill out easy.

[mvpatriot]

Thanks, cobalt bits are one thing I do not have. Looks like more $ on tools tomorrow. Hopefully this thing will go in easily otherwise.

[thedrickel]

You don't need to drill the whole thing out, only need to grind off one side of the pin head and push it thru.

[jjperl]

If you have a vice or sturdy "C" clamp, you can squeeze the pin out. Use a vice or "C" clamp with a short punch, and a socket twice the diameter of the pin on the other side, and squeeze it out.

[mvpatriot]

Thanks for the replies. A new titanium bit worked nicely, just ground the head off and punched it out. The BB works great. Thanks jjperl !