Examples of homemade "tool 002" used to disassemble firing pin from Remington 700 ML/MLS bolts
Fred's original installation documents were copies of some hand drawn depictions of how to install the kit. There was some text and a hand written note to call him if you needed help. The illustration that showed the firing pin being removed labeled the tool (7) as "Tool 002" I'm going to keep that nomenclature to honor the creator of the kit.
The One I made just for 700 ML rifles
My garage made tool 002 (Firing pin removal tool) against the fail I got with my Canadian Remington 209 conversion kit.
My favorite firing pin tool above
My local hardware store didn't have 7/16 ID pipe/tubing. So I got a 3" long 1/2" black pipe nipple and a 1/2"x13TPI nut. I ground both threaded ends of the nipple down until it was 2 3/4" long. This gave me more metal to weld to and made the tool the right length. I blew out all the crud from grinding and welded the nut to the nipple, and then took a piece of flat stock and drilled at 5/32 hole along its center-line. I then welded that to the other end of the nipple so that the 5/32 hole would be concentric to the nut. I ran a 5/16 drill bit through to de-bur and slightly dimple the hole from the inside to better guide the firing pin out when threading onto the firing pin assembly. I then ran a 1/2"x13TPI tap through to clean out the spatter and flash that had gotten on the threads before I ran it up a bolt.
The one Fishhawk made
Fish hawk bolt tool: 3.2" of 7/16"I.D. tubing. Tapped one end 1/2-13 and Welded 5/16" Bolt
across the other end.
Drilled hole concentrically through welded bolt to let firing pin through
The bolt tool I made that works on any Remington firing pin assembly
Later after working on these for a while, and having to work on some other Remington 700 bolts (both long and short action) I made up a tool that will work with any Remington 700 (ML, Short Action, Long Action), along with Model 7's, 40X's and others:
Materials:
-2 - 1/2x13 nuts
-2 Pieces of 1/2 angle, cut to 6" or 7" (7 makes it easier on the long action firing pins, but 6" is workable)
-4" or 4 1/2" all thread 1/2x13 bolts. (4 1/2" is needed to do ML bolts in a 7" jig). Bore out 1/4" about 1 3/4")
You can buy similar tools on line for $30.00 plus shipping. But this seems stronger and better to me.
Also I'm not a welder, all our real welding, like bolt handles is done by my brother, a professional, certified, journeyman welder
-2 - 1/2x13 nuts
-2 Pieces of 1/2 angle, cut to 6" or 7" (7 makes it easier on the long action firing pins, but 6" is workable)
-4" or 4 1/2" all thread 1/2x13 bolts. (4 1/2" is needed to do ML bolts in a 7" jig). Bore out 1/4" about 1 3/4")
You can buy similar tools on line for $30.00 plus shipping. But this seems stronger and better to me.
Also I'm not a welder, all our real welding, like bolt handles is done by my brother, a professional, certified, journeyman welder
In vice ready to drive out pin
Al R, improvised the tool below when circumstances meant he couldn't weld:
The B/M is:
(1) short piece of angle or barstock
(2) #10 ViseGrip pliers
(2) ½-13 nuts (while square is best, heavy hex would be ok, and standard nuts would work)
(1) ½-13 hex head cap screw, drilled to accept firing pin
The B/M is:
(1) short piece of angle or barstock
(2) #10 ViseGrip pliers
(2) ½-13 nuts (while square is best, heavy hex would be ok, and standard nuts would work)
(1) ½-13 hex head cap screw, drilled to accept firing pin
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