last week / never had this issue come up in 40 yrs of S&W revolver ownership. Any recommendations on how to fix it - can it be done if I can get the part ?
Looks to me like the pin is press fit into frame / some indications on internet suggest pins are inserted into frame at factory by drilling thru the frame - and then ground flat to the frame - and frame is finished ( but I don't know if that is true ). One side of the pin is held in place by the side plate ( like the 3 other pins in the frame are...hammer pin, rebound pin, cylinder lock pin...
My gun is an N frame .357 mag built in 1981 .....Nickel finish...but it only has about 25,000 rds thru it. I have not talked to S&W yet ...but I will next week.
I have taken gun down to a bare frame ...and no doubt trigger pin/ trigger stud is broken almost right at interior face of the frame - very little to grab onto to try and pull it out / I've tried tapping on frame to see if I can dislodge the pin but no luck / I have not tried to drill the stub that is left and pry it out yet...
Any thoughts are welcome - especially if you have done this repair yourself. Thanks in advance ..
Looks to me like the pin is press fit into frame / some indications on internet suggest pins are inserted into frame at factory by drilling thru the frame - and then ground flat to the frame - and frame is finished ( but I don't know if that is true ). One side of the pin is held in place by the side plate ( like the 3 other pins in the frame are...hammer pin, rebound pin, cylinder lock pin...
My gun is an N frame .357 mag built in 1981 .....Nickel finish...but it only has about 25,000 rds thru it. I have not talked to S&W yet ...but I will next week.
I have taken gun down to a bare frame ...and no doubt trigger pin/ trigger stud is broken almost right at interior face of the frame - very little to grab onto to try and pull it out / I've tried tapping on frame to see if I can dislodge the pin but no luck / I have not tried to drill the stub that is left and pry it out yet...
Any thoughts are welcome - especially if you have done this repair yourself. Thanks in advance ..