That's kind of sarcastic, those are the steps, but everyone I've talked to about removing a taper pinned gas block has said pretty foul things about the experience. I had seriously considered putting a 10 inch free float rail on mine (since then I found a 7 inch 2 piece free float rail from Midwest Industries that required less work) if I had gone ahead with the 10 inch rail, I'd have cut the FSB purely because it's more secure than the replacement would be. Fabsports (at top) have tons of good stuff for AR's.