Yowza!
Just to let everyone know....A small wooden dowel, a relatively mild tap, and the front pin slid out nicely. It made cleaning SO much easier. I thank all of you for your responses!
Thank you all for your replies. As I said, all the videos I've seen showed a complete separation of the lower from the upper, but it was done quite qiuckly and without using a punch. It just seems cleaning would be much more managable with a complete separation. Thank you for the tip, jagular.
Hi. New to forum. Just purchased a new MP15-22 Sport. Prior to purchase I watched some YT videos re: diasassembly and cleaning. I'd like to thourougly clean this wepon prior to my first range session. However, the instruction manual does not illustrate and disasemply process beyond a partial...