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Fabricating firing pin for Ruger 96
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Dixie Gunsmithing
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That pin, I thought, was always a weak design. You can weld it back together, but it has to be heat treated afterwards. On these, I annealed, then quenched them, and last, drew them to spring hardness, and they performed all right, but don't draw one past this, or it will be too soft. Draw it less, and it can break easier. Also, you have to watch the length when grinding and clamping to weld.
If you can have one machined cheap, go that route.
If you can have one machined cheap, go that route.
Can you show us a picture?
There's a link in the OP. http://thefiringline.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=96242
There is probably a market for them if someone could whip out a bunch -
This firing pin is the same for the Ruger 96/22, 96/22 Magnum and 96/17 HMR.
None are available to purchase and Ruger will not make them, despite the mass of people that own these great rifles.
MIne didn't break, just wore down too soon.
This firing pin is the same for the Ruger 96/22, 96/22 Magnum and 96/17 HMR.
None are available to purchase and Ruger will not make them, despite the mass of people that own these great rifles.
MIne didn't break, just wore down too soon.
Dixie Gunsmithing
Moderator Emeritus
Have you tried Jack First for the pin? They make a lot of obsolete parts.
http://www.jackfirstgun.com/
http://www.jackfirstgun.com/
Does anyone know why that firing pin is cut away so much? Usually that is done to reduce firing pin mass, maybe to prevent slam firing. But I can't really see a need for making the firing pin that thin in a lever action.
What I am getting at is that if the firing pin were of a more conventional shape, it would be a simple job for almost anyone to make. The long reduced part would make it more fragile and could create misfires.
Jim
What I am getting at is that if the firing pin were of a more conventional shape, it would be a simple job for almost anyone to make. The long reduced part would make it more fragile and could create misfires.
Jim
Dixie Gunsmithing
Moderator Emeritus
Jim,
One reason was for slam firing on pins like that, but the other had to do with too much mass for the hammer to strike correctly, if I remember. My guess is that it was a redesign when they were developing the gun, in that when they were trying to fire it, it was mis-firing over the mass problem, so they lightened the pin, instead of changing the hammer and spring design. They wouldn't have the slam fire problem, where this pin has a firing pin spring. The hammer and it's spring was sort of light on these.
I think Browning ran into this on a design for one of his guns, and found that lightning the pin stopped the mis-fire. I read about that somewhere, but where, I could not say now.
One reason was for slam firing on pins like that, but the other had to do with too much mass for the hammer to strike correctly, if I remember. My guess is that it was a redesign when they were developing the gun, in that when they were trying to fire it, it was mis-firing over the mass problem, so they lightened the pin, instead of changing the hammer and spring design. They wouldn't have the slam fire problem, where this pin has a firing pin spring. The hammer and it's spring was sort of light on these.
I think Browning ran into this on a design for one of his guns, and found that lightning the pin stopped the mis-fire. I read about that somewhere, but where, I could not say now.