STARRETT - #800C 3/32" Starter Punch

Watch a brownells video of how to remove and replace the triangle hand guard plate to a round one to fit the magpul mode length SL hand guard. I also bought the orange front sight block. The taper pin punch made life easy to knock out the pins and replace them. Definitely a great tool to perform this task

If you are removing and FSB with taper pins this is a must have or you will damage the ends of the taper pins. This punch is perfect for the job!

As someone who works on AR's almost daily, I cannot speak highly enough of this Taper Pin Starter by STARRETT! Anyone who has ever removed a Front Sight Block knows how difficult the task can be. When I first started down that road, I burned through 4 punches and hours of frustration. With experience, it became easier, but nothing simplifies the task like this Starrett punch starter. It is well machined, sturdy and the quality is easy to see as soon as you pick it up. The tip is concave (dished) to perfectly fit the rounded head taper pins in a Front Sight Post. It took only two solid strikes with a brass hammer to remove the taper pins! If I had only found this tool sooner, life would have been much easier!! -Tom in Texas

Although I haven't used this punch yet, I purchased it to remove taper pins from AR A2 sights. I recently picked up a JET arbor press to complete the task...Pounding out pins has been a major pain in the rear-end. I used a Dremel with a cutting wheel to remove/shorten the squared head of the punch, and fit the modified punch into the arbor press ram tool hole with a set screw. This set up should work good, and will keep me from whacking my fingers with a hammer...LOL

This is the only tool I would use to remove the taper pins that secure a standard A2 front sight. Any other type of punch and you will surely damage your rifle. Unfortunately, I learned from experience not to use a flat punch. This punch is perfectly concave to fit over the taper pins and not damage them. It is solid steel and heavy duty. It will not bend or break. I would highly recommend this tool to anyone who plans on removing a standard A2 front sight.