[-JD-]

I've got 2 Olympic Stainless barrels that I need to remove the FSBs from. They were black-oxided at Olympic after assembly. They do have taper pins and I am punching from the small side (left) toward the large side (right). I've be hitting them hard with a 24oz-ish dead blow(shot), steel-faced hammer on steel punches, against a fir block and can't get them to budge.

Just how hard does one have to whack these things to get them loose? Any tips?

If I can't do it I'll have Dave Donley do it since I'm taking them in for cutting and threading any way, but I thought i'd save a few $$ and do it myself, since I've at least one other (non-oxided) to do after those.

Thanks