Taurus firing pin fell out?!?

Did you guys note what Tamara said? It is not (unfortunately) uncommon for some folks to leave that hammer block out of the gun on reassembly. They think it makes the action smoother. What it does is remove a safety device. It could easily have happened on that 66-1.

By the way, I never heard a hammer-nose firing pin called a "priming nipple." Where did that term come from?

Clemson
 
Even if you could get the newer type post war action to work without the rebound slide, what are the chances that the cylinder would be rotated enough for the firing pin to go through the firing pin hole and reach the primer.
More likely, just like my pal and his 9mm taurus, somebody inadvertantly let the hammer slip while they had their finger on the trigger and that caused the A.D.
I have seen this happen inumerable times by the way, and every time the inadvertant triggermen always blamed the gun instead of admitting they had their finger on the trigger.
I have never seen a Smith with the postwar action that would fire unless you pulled the trigger, and I have had hundreds, possibly thousands of them in my grubby paws.
 
warhammer357,

The rebound slide was installed in the gun back in WWII days when a security guard at a plant dropped his Pre-Model 10 Victory. 38 and had an A.D.
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The Navy requested the feature after a sailor was killed by a Victory Model dropped on the deck of a ship.
 
Clemson,

I believe "priming nipple" is a term which is less used but interchangeable with "primer nipple" or, simply "nipple." This is the hollow projection on a percussion lock onto which the percussion cap (primer) is placed. I am not aware of it's use to describe any form of firing pin on any type of arm.
 
Pointy Nipple

I'd wondered about that term myself. When I first examined some older revolvers I called it a "spur" or "striker," but two people who seemed to know what they were talking about called it a "priming nipple." One said the term went back to when cartridges were introduced.
I assumed they knew their stuff, but everything isn't always what it seems -like when someone tells you his gun is "slicked up for gunfighting," when he means "screwed up by bad home-smithing!"
 
i had the hammer on my 85 bobbed and when i got home it fell out. i thought it was the smith's tampering but maybee not. sent it back for warrantee repair.
 
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