Quick Tip: How To Use the Brownells AR-15 Pivot Pin Detent Tool HD

Eugene Stoner and his engineering team designed the AR-15 platform for ease of maintenance. Shooters, soldiers, armorers, and gunsmiths have been grateful for that for the last 60 years. BUT installing the front pivot pin detent is one AR-15 maintenance / building chore that can be a bear. How do you keep the little detent in place, under spring pressure, while you install the pivot pin? Brownells Gun Tech Steve Ostrem shows us the easy way to get this job done using the Brownells AR-15 Pivot Pin Detent Tool (#080-216-011). With the tool, the whole task takes about 20 seconds. Without it… well, we all have better ways to spend our time! More Brownells videos: https://www.brownellsvideos.com