Roll pin punches near Pittsburgh

[mork]

Are there any brick and mortar stores I can pickup roll pin punches and ar15 vise blocks from in the Allegheny County area? The auto parts and big box hardware stores are a bust. I appreciate any guidance.

[icp4life162005]

Are there any brick and mortar stores I can pickup roll pin punches and ar15 vise blocks from in the Allegheny County area? The auto parts and big box hardware stores are a bust. I appreciate any guidance.

Harbor freight for the roll pin punches.
Try local gunships for the vice blocks

[JDA58]

Harbor freight for the roll pin punches.
Try local gunships for the vice blocks

I did the Harbor freight for the roll pin punches ..If you need them to last and use building or repairing more than ONE AR, I would not go that route ! Unless they have better ones now ??

[Xringshooter]

Ace Sporting Goods in Washington, PA might be a good place to try. Plus they ahave a lot of guns and such to ogle.

[ShadeRabbit]

I have bought all my roll pin punches from Sears, although I haven't stepped foot in a store since they declared bankruptcy, so I don't know what if any inventory they carry these days.

[JoshIronshaft]

Try Allegheny Arms and Keystone Shooting Center.

[mork]

Thanks for the replies everyone. In summary no-one locally appears to carry them. I called Keystone and Allegheny Arms, but did not try Ace in Washington. I checked Harbor Freight online and there were no hits on the search. I should try to make it to a store before committing to the internet, but given the 50/50 reviews on their performance perhaps I should just buy a nice set from the internet.

[Walleye Hunter]

Check with places that sell machine shop supplies. You'll find good quality stuff too. I can't understand how or why anyone would go to or recommend Horrible Fright Chi Na garbage for anything after what Chi Na has done to our country. We are our own worst enemy.

[abner13]

Ya probably won't find a ''brick & mortar'' store with an employee that even knows what a roll pin punch is. I bought 2 sets on Ebay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/27174404872...oAAOxygPtSqmx0

https://www.ebay.com/itm/28186742869...QAAOSwnipWVhPt

[bigandy1966]

MSC or grainger look like your best choices for quality roll pin punches. I have cut off an allen wrench for one in an emergency. I usually have an automatic center punch with the point ground down from HF expressly for driving in roll pins. I hold it with a needle nose pliers and let the punch tap it in