enfield bolt tool any interest?

[krypt]

so i finally fpund a bolt tool to unscrew my fiing pin from a CGN pers( thanks bert) and it took a long while for me to find one
i can do the specs and diagram so others can build their own
is there any interest in me doing this or has it already been done?

thanks

nik

 

[cantom]

So you're going to thank Bert by trying to help others to not buy his tools?

 

[krypt]

no he didnt have a bunch just an old one this is intended to help others thanks for trolling

 

[John Sukey]

Always buy TWO bolt tools because you will surely break one.

 

[cantom]

Always buy TWO bolt tools because you will surely break one.

As a matter of fact...I did just break one...

 

[purple]

As a matter of fact...I did just break one...

That would be the Brownells tool, would it? Not a bad notion for a tool, but the metal "tits" which engage the 2 slots in the FP are too flimsy.

 

[TheTooner]

I think I would like one. Or two - it wouldn't surprise me if I proved John Sukey right.

If I had the diagram I could get just one made at a time.

 

[cantom]

That would be the Brownells tool, would it? Not a bad notion for a tool, but the metal "t**s" which engage the 2 slots in the FP are too flimsy.

The firing pin was so badly seized...I had to use tools to try to turn it. Snap.

 

[louthepou]

I bought one from CGN member Gairlochian, works great.

But sometimes no matter how strong the tool, the firing pin can be jammed in there so bad that you need a vise grip to get it moving (particular last resort technique).

 

[cantom]

I bought one from CGN member Gairlochian, works great.

But sometimes no matter how strong the tool, the firing pin can be jammed in there so bad that you need a vise grip to get it moving (particular last resort technique).

Exactly what I ended up having to do.

 

[John Sukey]

Hint, try turning the firing pin the other way first, ie: wiggle it a bit as often the end of the pin is peened over in the stiker head.
Just unscrewing it one way will often break the tool..
If it's stuck, the other solution is to pull the striker back, get a pair of vise grips on the exposed back end and give it a partial turn to break the thread lock. Once it starts turning past that, Bob's your uncle

 

[H Wally]

Hmm... I just made one out of a chunk of steel bar stock. Drilled it hollow with a press and cut the head with a dremel. Looks ugly but seems to work.

 

[bigedp51]

I'm an American, I can NEVER understand why the Canadians don't read their own No.4 manual.

The firing pin will not come out if the last two threads are "smashed", you must tighten the firing pin and expose the threads that have been swedged, crushed, mangled and abused and chase them with a file.

And as an American I have always been embarrassed that some hammer and chisel mechanic sent this in to the American Rifleman magazine and they actually published it.

 

[purple]

You will find strikers which have been swaged/deformed to the point where they will no longer thread into the cocking piece.You can buy the correct Brit threaded die to clean them up.

 

[recce]

I'm an American, I can NEVER understand why the Canadians don't read their own No.4 manual.

LOL That is an indisputable trait. Canadians never read our own manuals or in most cases doctrinal texts. It seems that we prefer to re-start everything from scratch and not trust the other guy who worked his ass off to fix the original problem.