Guys,

I need a Mauser trigger pin ... is OK to use unhardened drill rod for it? Looks like #32 would be about right.

Hardening such a pin to full hard doesn't make sense to me as it will be glass hard. I would think a gooey pin would be preferable to a glass hard pin for this application.

Thanks,

Mike,
you can get a lifetime supply.. d8 common nails... turn them down in a drill and sand paper.

billy told me this.. he's cheap!!

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you can get a lifetime supply.. d8 common nails... turn them down in a drill and sand paper.

Don't see why it wouldn't work. I've used the ends of old broken dill bits.

If it's the pin that attaches the trigger to the receiver then you are good to go with the drill rod. If however it is the pivot pin for the lever, you would want to give it some hardness.

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
Mike,
you can get a lifetime supply.. d8 common nails... turn them down in a drill and sand paper.

billy told me this.. he's cheap!!

A friend sent me an email saying why bother turning down the nail at all. If your using nails to hold your triggers in place, why not just drive them in with a hammer. I'm thinking a "nail gun" would be funner. Ever do a trigger job on one of them?

WOW!! a trigger job on a nail gun? LMAO...

I wouldn't have thought of trying to hammer a nail inplace, though.. .kind of funny, not so much, but kind of

jeffe

How about $9.00 a hundred for hardened pins.
Go to MCS and look up 3mm x 10 mm dowel pins.

I got tired of having to turn or sand 1/8" drill rod to dia for this and went and bought a box of dowel pins and have not looked back.

Jim Wisner
Custom Metalsmith