I have started a conversion on a 308. The plate came off no problem...
Issue number 1 - the pins that were supposed to "push out with ease" had to be punched out with a pin punch. There was no wire holding them in (supposedly there is wire in the grooves... mine had none) and I didn't see anything holding them in other than friction. A few solid taps from a 1lbs ballpeen and a pin punch and they cam eout... but one of them is pretty chewed up (I'm guessing i wasn't the first person to remove these and thaat was why they wouldn't budge). I can't seem to find replacements for these pins