Real AVID AR15 Pivot PIN Tool

I was looking through Amazon for something else and came across this tool again and clicked on the link to read the reviews and questions for grins. I purchased this pivot pin install tool back in October using it about four or five times since. If you have ever lost a spring or detent, buy this tool along with your new lower parts kit.. If you have ever almost lost the spring or detent, buy this tool. If you have ever swore more than once installing the front pivot pin spring and detent, buy this tool. If you have ever had to work up the courage to install the front pivot spring and detent, buy this tool. After I bought this tool, used it once, I found that all the above just went away. Being a smarty pants (right?) and prior to getting this tool I had gone to the hardware store and bought a clevis pin (the one with all the holes in it) and after struggling with that on a build, I went a bought a pivot pin tool, kind of like an "L" shaped Allen wrench with holes in it very similar to the clevis pin. They both worked, but the real trick is you have to mate the end on the pivot pin tightly to the end on either pin tool and there is always an unavoidable gap between the two, because they are both kind of rounded at the ends, as you push your pivot pin past the detent/spring just waiting to jump out at you, or the far corner of your basement. If you slip you will experience one or more of the aforementioned possibilities! So, with all that said and I hope you found the humor in all this and buying this tool will definitely make you a much happier camper. It's simple, foolproof (for most) and quick! One quick TIP: When you put the pivot pin through this tool, keep the smooth part facing across the detent (in case you forgot something like having the spring and detent backwards) and then rotate the pivot pin until it clicks into the pivot pin groove for retention. This thing is so ingenious and think I'll buy a backup or maybe gift it to one of my fellow frustrated builders! For AR-10s/LR-308 builds, I guess you can always get a clevis pin 1/4 x 2 inch I think, or maybe this guy could make one for those? Happy building...

I purchased this for a build and it worked great. I am not sure how well it would hold up if you are using it fairly regularly, but if you build out a couple of lowers a year, it should give you many years of use.

Makes the job much easier

Life saver when trying to install the front takedown pin. Makes it very easy, no flying springs or detents.

I've used this item to put four lowers together so far. The plastic is starting to wear no which is making it a little harder as it starts to wear. I love this tool and will buy it again at the price. I would pay more for one that was built with stronger material and last longer.

Anyone who has ever assembled an AR lower has experienced the frustration of the front detent/spring. This thing looks like it may have been produced by fisher price about 30 years ago, and seeing it in the package, I was very skeptical. But it works. It works really well. I would have preferred two changes to it. First is that it would have been nice to have it made out of metal. Secondly, the paddle used to rotate the tool could have been much smaller as it does not require much pressure to turn, and it would take up less space in my gun tool box (not that it takes up that much space as is). I have tried all sorts of gadgets to aid in install of that pin that has assisted the invention of more swears that any other part of the assembly process, and some work better than others, but this thing is easily the best of them. Most other tools for this require a certain amount of technique to work well. With this thing, if you have any business assembling anything as complex as a lego set, you can use this product successfully. And I found myself taking the pin out multiple times followed by the phrase "On, I gotta see that again", out of sheer disbelief of how easy that formerly dreaded task has now become. Between this, and the trick of threading the rear detent spring hole with a 4-40 plug screw, never chase those detents again.

Quickly and easily installed the pivot pin/spring/detent. It is not for removing existing detent pins.

Awesome, super easy to use

Fácil de usar y para lo que cuesta vale la pena

Utensile utile per evitare di rischiare di rovinare con cacciaspine nello smontaggio. costo contenuto. sono soddisfatto.

Dont ask yourself if its worth it. Just buy it..

Excelente para el arme de tu arma