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I picked up an old cape gun, 303 x 12 bore. It will be a long term rehab project. One thing I just noticed is the 303 barrel firing pin is quite battered. I measure .085 protrustion from the breech face. Any special tips in smoothing and re-rounding the pin. Does it need to be hardened? Does the .085 protrusion give me enough material to work with to smooth the pin? Thanks, Bob | ||
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I think most "moderns" would settle on something between .055-065 for firing pin protrusion. Looks like you have plenty of room. Of course, diameter is also a factor | |||
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You might want the pins hardened where the hammer falls, but not the tips. Roger Kehr Kehr Engraving Company (360)456-0831 | |||
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Bob, call me. Maybe we can fix it at the shop? Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Thanks, all. Rusty, I'll give you a call. Bob | |||
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