Had a friend almost give me a 45 ACP. He had problems with it feeding (I love a good challenge). Took it apart and found about a dozen small problems one of which was that the link pin fell out of the "feet" on the bottom of the barrel. Searching my Brownells catalog I find oversize pins(.154 & .156). The existing holes in the feet measure .1515 so I order one each of the oversize pins. The good folks at Brownells suggest reaming a half thou undersize for a press fit into the feet which is normal. I am ordering the reamers tomorrow from MSC. My question for this audience is can I use the HSS straight flute reamer by hand. I know lots of cutting fluid and rotate in the cutting direction both in and out.Thanks!
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