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Bullet Guide Rivet installation

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#1 ·
Does anyone know how to squash a bullet guide rivet.
 
#2 ·
I have found them damn hard to smash correctly. I finally gave up and tapped the hole put a screw it it then welded and grown the top of the screw in. When I got finished you could not tell it from a rivet.
 
#4 ·
I use a bulk rivet. Turn the underside of the head to fit the bevel on the bullet guide rivet hole. Leave the domed head in place. I use a flat head punch set upright in a vise. Support the underside of the rivet on the punch face and set the rivet from the top with a punch & hammer. Use a Dremel with a stone of apprpriate diameter to remove material and fit the rivet to the bullet guide contour. Pretty simple.