I seriously have nearly no words.
So before I left for work last week I assembled my lower. The last thing to go was the trigger guard. So I got a punch and a hammer and started tapping it in. It seemed like it needed more force than usual, and eventually got stuck. It looked like the pin was getting a little banged up so I decided to pop it out and try again. I ran out of time and this afternoon I just went back to finish it. I flipped over the lower and using a little bit of force proceeded to start tapping it out. Well that's not what happened. This is what happened:
The tab holding the pin in snapped off completely, effectively destroying the lower. The lower, which has already been registered and engraved for my SBR. I'm seriously beside myself. I don't know if I can email the atf to change the lower s/n on my form 1 or if I have to file a third time... I also have to order a new lower... FML.
So before I left for work last week I assembled my lower. The last thing to go was the trigger guard. So I got a punch and a hammer and started tapping it in. It seemed like it needed more force than usual, and eventually got stuck. It looked like the pin was getting a little banged up so I decided to pop it out and try again. I ran out of time and this afternoon I just went back to finish it. I flipped over the lower and using a little bit of force proceeded to start tapping it out. Well that's not what happened. This is what happened:
The tab holding the pin in snapped off completely, effectively destroying the lower. The lower, which has already been registered and engraved for my SBR. I'm seriously beside myself. I don't know if I can email the atf to change the lower s/n on my form 1 or if I have to file a third time... I also have to order a new lower... FML.