Fair enough....I have never actually laid eyes on these protruding pins so I'm going off of hearsay so if I offended any of the DPMS fans I apologize so I'll just do research and I'll end up with one companies LPK....hrearden I'm probably going to go ahead and get the full kit due to the **** happens moments in life if something were to go wrong Id be able to fix it quick but thanks everyone for the advice that's why I enjoy this site