Posted: 8/19/2016 12:08:52 PM EDT [Last Edit: 8/19/2016 12:20:48 PM EDT by DetrhoytMAK]



It's pretty easy to remove that rivet on just about any type of baseball cap:



In this pic, the two hats on the left are without the top rivet, and can be comfortably worn with a pair of shooting muffs. The hat on the right is one of my favorite hats, but is has that rivet/button that digs into the top of your head when you put on a pair of shooting muffs.







To remove the rivet/button, start by cutting an "X" through the cloth on the rivet, like this:







Cutting that cloth allows you to use it to protect the hat when you remove the rivet using a pair of dikes or lineman's pliers. You're not actually cutting anything with the dikes or pliers, just simply using the jaws as a wedge to separate the two pieces of the rivet:











Remove the bottom part of the rivet from the hat and you're good to go. You now have a hat suitable to use while wearing shooting muffs. Since the rivet is just for show on modern hats, you dont have to worry about your hat falling apart, either.



So nowadays, it's pretty common to find hats with firearms manufacturers' logos on them that are without the top rivet, in order to accomodate a pair of shooting muffs. But what if you have a favorite MLB team hat, or another favorite hat that you'd rather wear shooting, but it has that annoying rivet on top?It's pretty easy to remove that rivet on just about any type of baseball cap:In this pic, the two hats on the left are without the top rivet, and can be comfortably worn with a pair of shooting muffs. The hat on the right is one of my favorite hats, but is has that rivet/button that digs into the top of your head when you put on a pair of shooting muffs.To remove the rivet/button, start by cutting an "X" through the cloth on the rivet, like this:Cutting that cloth allows you to use it to protect the hat when you remove the rivet using a pair of dikes or lineman's pliers. You're not actually cutting anything with the dikes or pliers, just simply using the jaws as a wedge to separate the two pieces of the rivet:Remove the bottom part of the rivet from the hat and you're good to go. You now have a hat suitable to use while wearing shooting muffs. Since the rivet is just for show on modern hats, you dont have to worry about your hat falling apart, either.