17 September 2004, 02:32
M PursellRe: Replace firing pin on SKB O/U ?
The firing pin is available through Guns Unlimited in Omaha, NE. Sorry, I don't have the phone # handy. They usually have an ad in Gun List.
The wrench is a problem. The only commercially available wrenches that small are the ignition wrench sets. They usually don't have enough stiffness to work. You just end up rounding the corners off the square shank of the f/p. The solution I found was to make a socket wrench by drilling a hole the diameter of the f/p flat in the end of a piece of round stock, then expanding it in opposite directions with an end mill. You end up with a oval hole that firmly engages opposite sides of the f/p shank. Figure out some way of turning your new socket wrench. Larger wrench flats on the shank, weld on a handle or bend a long piece into an L.
Another solution would be to ask GU how much they would charge to do the work if you send it to them.
17 September 2004, 04:41
wallywCalled SKB this morning. A firing pin and firing pin tool are on the way after faxing them my FFL.
17 September 2004, 11:45
M PursellWell, I've got to admit it. I never thought about asking them if they sell the tool. Kind of like making nails, then finding out that the hardware store sells them by the barrel full.
How much do they charge for it?