Need to replace a front sight blade and the Brownell's get pretty poor reviews on their site. Wondering if anyone has used any and if they're any good.
Anyone use Brownell's cup tip punches?
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I have used one of the correct size for my job and it worked very well.
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I do and you’ll never go back
I have had a set for a decade or more and use them without problems
The good news about Brownells products is that if you're not satisfied with the quality, or any other valid reason, they will refund your money....period.
I needed one a few months back to re-center a barrel pivot pin on a Beretta .25. Wound up ordering a Starrett from that AMZ place. It is very well made and worked perfectly. Seems like the price for a 7/32 was around $12-ish. The seller later told me he had swapped a threaded barrel off of it before he sold it. At least he didn't ding up the pin or the barrel ... 
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I've dealt with Brownells for over 50 years without any problems? Where did you read this, on their site?
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If you have ever driven out a Browning HiPower trigger pin without a cupped punch, you will buy cupped punches the very next day.
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Yes, on their site. Mostly having to do with driving SIG pins (??)
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The work well for me.
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I suggest that one buys the short (3/8") cupped Starter punches and the regular cupped punches. The short (and stout) Starter punches will cause the pin to move after years of dry lube/oil and crud in the hole. Once the pin moves, then use the regular (longer) cupped punch to finish the extraction. Too often the longer, regular length, punch is the first punch used and often results in a bent or broken tool and a ding in the weapon.
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I have a few punches (not a full set) that have cupped tips but almost never use them any longer. I much prefer my old Starrett Punch Set. I find that if kept burr free (and I do), the flat punches actually don't mar the pins whereas if a cupped punch isn't used precisely straight to the pin - it will.
I do have a full set of Roll Pin Punches strictly for Roll Pins (there is a little dull point on the end that goes into the Roll Pin - easier on the pin edges). I purchased them from Brownell's years ago. but again, they are solely for Roll Pins.
I do have a full set of Roll Pin Punches strictly for Roll Pins (there is a little dull point on the end that goes into the Roll Pin - easier on the pin edges). I purchased them from Brownell's years ago. but again, they are solely for Roll Pins.
Go to hardware/big box store. Look at finish nail center punches. They are cupped.
Brownells are the go to place for gunsmith tools and back up what they sell
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