I am pretty sure that only my 17-6 has a frame mount firing pin for obvious reasons, but all of my other S&W revolvers are from before they moved the firing pin.
One of my revolvers was an interesting purchase...
It was a six-inch Model 66-3 with such a laundry list of small issues that some folks would run away from rather than purchase. So when it was offered to me at $300, and the function, lock up and timing were all dead-on, and bore looked terrific, I jumped on it.
One of the many issues is that the firing pin does NOT have the springy spring in it the way it is supposed to.
This has cause me no issues whatsoever and I don't feel a need to address it, but I am curious about it. Is it a leaf or coil spring? What is it's purpose?
Anyone else lose or break one, did you fix it?
It seems funny that I haven't heard this discussed.
One of my revolvers was an interesting purchase...
It was a six-inch Model 66-3 with such a laundry list of small issues that some folks would run away from rather than purchase. So when it was offered to me at $300, and the function, lock up and timing were all dead-on, and bore looked terrific, I jumped on it.
One of the many issues is that the firing pin does NOT have the springy spring in it the way it is supposed to.
This has cause me no issues whatsoever and I don't feel a need to address it, but I am curious about it. Is it a leaf or coil spring? What is it's purpose?
Anyone else lose or break one, did you fix it?
It seems funny that I haven't heard this discussed.