Grace USA - Steel Roll Spring Punch Set - SRS7 - Gunsmithing - Steel Punches - 7 piece - Gunsmith Tools & Accessories, Black, Short Steel Roll Set

Made in AmericaI wish I knew these existed sooner. The short shanks make them superior for those really jammed up roll pins. Might not be going deep with them but if you really need to bust one loose they're not going to bend or break so they're phenomenal starters.Even the smallest sizes have properly formed nipples and straight and even shanks. Too often, unless you're buying supremely overpriced punches, 3/16" and smaller start having no shoulder on the nipple (causes punch to wedge into the roll pin) or the shanks have a bulge due to deflection because they're turned not ground.I work in the paper industry and some of those manufacturers back in the 50, 60, and 70s had a little too much love for roll pins. Always rusting in place, breaking, many are over 3" long. These are so good for getting the pins started.I really have no complaints. I can't find a single thing I don't like. I think maybe there was one uncommon size not in the set (uncommon for modern machinery at least).Also whatever they're made of is TOUGH. I normally use a steel ballpeen hammer to hit punches and chisels but I noticed these aren't mushrooming or marring. They *might* be through hardened or they might be more of a "tough" steel like hammers are made out of (or something like S5 shock steel). So I've swapped to using brass/bronze mallets instead.I'll have to update with a photo when I remember.

Great quality, really like the short tips. Greatly reduce the chance of bending them.

These are exactly what is needed for starting to remove tight/stubborn roll pins, the longer punches are fine for total removal...but these make starting them a dream.I have had the longer set of these for years, learned the hard way ...that some roll pins can be very tight....and the longer punches can fail on those. These shorty's dont have that long shaft problem , nothing to flex or ouright bend...start the stubborn pin with these....finish with the longer punch.P.S. Saw where Grace USA had a lifetime warranty, a few of my longer punches had failed starting pins over the years...they sent me replacement punches immediately...no questions asked...NICE !!! Now all 7 shorty's and all 7 longer punches are ready to go.

I already have the complete set of long Grace USA roll pin punches and holders, and I bought these short punches to cure an issue I had. I was using the long style 1/16 an 5/32 punches to drive out pins on my modern sporting rifle and I bent them because they are long and razor thin and the pins are tight. These short ones help you knock the pin loose, and then you finish with the longer punch if necessary.All that being said, let's get back to the bent punches. Their site says they have a no questions asked warranty on all of their products, so I sent an email to their customer service inbox to see if I could get replacements for my bent punches. The owner of the company quickly emailed me back and got my address, and sent me 2 new punches no questions asked. They arrived in 2 days. That's a pretty awesome effort to keep customers happy, and it's as critical to my decision to buy this set of short punches as was my experience with the quality of the ones I already owned. I couldn't be happier with the product or the company.

Fit and finish of these punches are excellent. Really it's a genius idea to prevent bending and breaking of your normal length, smallest sized pin punches. No matter how great the quality, the smallest two sizes will always be susceptible to this problem. Physics is physics. By reducing the length of the punch, the issue is mitigated. Sure, it's an extra tool set in your box, but it's worth the extra step to use these starter punches first, particularly when dealing with the smallest pins or roll springs. Grace USA makes a matching 7-piece set in regular length too, and they guarantee their products for life no matter how you might break them. I called for a replacement 1/16th punch from the regular length set and they didn't even ask a solitary question about how it broke. They took my address and I had the replacement in my mailbox within 3 days. Amazing customer service. Highly recommended for both this set and the full length set. Starrett's are also excellent quality punches, as I own some of those too.

These are really good quality punches - US made still, I suppose by Wilde who makes them for Tekton and under their own brand name. The nibs are all well formed and centered, as they should be. The smallest two are maybe less perfect but will do their job just fine. I don't know how they form these nibs on the ends of the shaft but I would imagine that much like grinding drill bits, the smaller you go the more difficulty there is in achieving perfection. Standard fniish and a good quality vinyl storage pouch (nice to see those again - they last forever and are actually good for preventing rust as long as you wipe/oil once in a while). The short stubby length really removes the flex and resulting bending that happens with standard length shafts and tight pins or a crooked hold/strike. I wish they offered a couple larger sizes in this stubby length but nobody else seems to either....a couple metric sizes would be nice, too.

High quality tools, made in USA by a high quality company. They work perfectly as designed. This is the kind of tool you pass down to your children. Great stuff, buy now!

I like these shorter roll pin punches.They are great to get the roll pins moving.I've bent a couple of the longer ones, These are stubby and don't bend as easy.