bpjack - I'm quite sure those are the clamps marlinguy is using. If not, they will work quite well for the job at hand. I find them easier to use than c-clamps by a long shot, especially on other than flat surfaces.

bpjack wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 11:08pm:


Mine are very old Jack, but those look just like what I have. I found mine is a second hand store in Roseburg, Or. on the way to a Reno gun show years ago. Nice to see Grizzly still offers them!

Is there a trick to easily getting the breech pin back in?

  It just takes a little practice and it will be easy.

I wouldn't waste time on a tapered pin being made since the existing pin, block, and frame are already tapered. So if you tried to make a tapered pin it would need to go in from the right side, and be reverse to the tapered hole, and pin. It would defeat the purpose, and work worse if the pilot pin was tapered.
I've not had much trouble installing pins, but you should have a good vise with nylon jaws to clamp the barrel and hold the gun secure while you're assembling it. If you're trying to assemble a gun while you wrestle to hold it, you're starting out at a disadvantage. A set of these vise jaws is a huge benefit to anyone working on guns. Be sure to get the type like this with various notches, and grooves in the soft jaws.

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