Originally Posted by bronko22000

That's a good idea. Maybe even something better than the tape would be a small wood jig (like a popsickle stick) with a hole in it to place over the pin and tape in place.
The pins on my rifle were small. I used a 1/16" punch to tap them out. but I only did that once because I had to get into the ramrod channel to remove a stuck jag the previous owner lost in there. I got the jag out by using a dremel tool to cut some of the barrel channel out to get to the ramrod hole.