Hey guys. Ive been looking for a punch set and any i could find have some poor reviews stating that they bend. I understand that it happens sometimes but was hoping someone could point me to a good set. Was looking at the Tekton gunsmithing set or the smaller, cheaper winchester set that comes in a red hard case (but the winchester set doesnt have roll pin punches).
Maybe im better off with a basic stanley set but IDK how well those will work with roll pins and such as we find in AR's.
Thanks for the info!

I am not assembling and disassembling ARs on daily basis, but I bought the most basic punch set from HF.

I cannot see any component of AR needing such a force that the purch itself is bent. 

 

https://www.harborfreight.com/8-piece-punch-set-93424.html

a roll pin punch set is useful.

31 minutes ago, Schrödinger's cat said:

a roll pin punch set is useful.

Both starter punches (which hold a roll pin to get it started) and pimpled punches (used for driving roll pins without fooking up the ends) are extremely useful when doing AR work.

I would also get brass non marring.....accidents happen

Yeah i intend on getting roll pin punches as well; the sets i was looking at had them as they are "gunsmithing" sets but for 42$ for a set of punches i was worried seeing that the smaller punches bent so easily.

I've bent a couple of craftsman punches demilling a couple of really stubborn AK's with a hand sledge.  If you are assembling AR's and performing general tasks, I doubt you'll have an issue with a generic punch set.

On 7/28/2017 at 2:38 PM, jackandjill said:

I am not assembling and disassembling ARs on daily basis, but I bought the most basic punch set from HF.

I cannot see any component of AR needing such a force that the purch itself is bent. 

 

https://www.harborfreight.com/8-piece-punch-set-93424.html

i have that set on my reloading bench.. i keep stealing the smallest one to knock out accelerator arm pin on quadrajet carbs..

 

Amazon has a lot of good brass sets. Just click one then go to the middle of the page and click the ranking. The reviews on the top few are good and the price is right.

Lyman roll pin punch set