Abstract: A device for removing pins, nails, dowels, rods, and the like from material which includes wood, metal, concrete, and human and animal bone, includes a pneumatically actuated piston producing a reverse impact striking effect which causes extraction of the pin from the material. The device includes a main housing comprising a tool handle, an elongated barrel partially mounted in the tool handle, and a muffler housing fitted on the barrel and abutting the tool handle. A central chamber extends the length of the barrel, and disposed within the central chamber is a shaft which is adapted for linear reciprocal movement therein. An anvil is mounted at the inner end of the shaft and a tool holder is mounted at the opposite end of the shaft. Slidably disposed on the shaft is a piston which is adapted for linear reciprocable movement thereon for forcibly striking the anvil.