Advice on Cooey 600 firing pin repair.

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I picked up a Cooey 600 a little while back on a trade for an old .303. The first time I tried it, I found that the extractor was broken and took it back to the store where I did the trade. The guy was great about it, took the rifle and had it back to me in a week with a new extractor for free. I took the gun home, and it sat in my safe for a couple months before I had a chance to try it out. I take it out on the weekend and it will not fire, not leaving even the faintest mark on the rim of the cartridge. I examined the rifle and see that the firing pin is mashed up so severely that it barely protrudes through the firing pin hole. I don't want to take it back to the guy I got it from again, it was a $100 rifle sold used, and he already fixed it for me once. I don't feel he owes me any further "warranty service" on it. I looked up a bit about repairing the rifle, and I kept seeing people saying not to attempt to disassemble the bolt itself, which is exactly what I would have to do to remove the firing pin. I am tempted to just try taking the bolt apart and either peening the old firing pin, or perhaps attempt to fabricate a new pin for it. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to get this gun up and running without spending much money on it?
 
Yes, I am sure you will damage it beyond reair. Did you try to soak it in croil or atf for a couple of days? To makesure it is really clean inside. More likely it just dirt caked inside with grease and oil
 
Its not too bad and it may not be the firing pin. When the bolt is removed there is the rear part of the bolt and the front part. The rear section or some call the "hammer" which strikes the firing pin needs to be pulled open and wedged open. Then there is a collar that is threaded holding the to halfs together. You have you be careful as it is under tension. Once to 2 sections are removed you can then remove the pin. You may have to make a tool to remove the collar. I have come across them before where that collar has unthreaded a bit allowing it to not hit the firing pin. If you tighten it back up it works great. I would check that first.
 
Thanks for the tip, ill give it a shot before buying a new bolt. As soon as I start thinking about spending money on it, my thoughts shift to just buying a new .22, I am pretty handy and I have pretty much any tool I could possibly need to bubba something up. If I break it then ill buy a new bolt..or a new .22...
 
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