Recently acquired a gorgeous Laurona Eibar SxS shotgun, wood in excellent condition, color-case hardened with ejectors. The piece de resistance is that we're the same age, made in the mid-sixties.
Only got to fire it first time during the Double Gun Classic yesterday (awesome get-together...) and sadly discovered that the right barrel went "click" but without the corresponding "boom"...
Took apart the firing pin retaining plugs and found that a broken firing pin was the cause. Have googled extensively and cannot find a replacement, slight chance that another Spanish make/model's pin might work (Zabala, Sarasqueta etc) but not sure. If anyone has some info regarding the acquisition of a suitable replacement, please guide me along.
If I possessed a lathe, I would be slightly inclined to turn one myself out of 1/4 drill rod. Still, if finding a replacement is impossible, I'm tempted to maybe redneck myself one on my drill press with Dremel as a helper. Another option is to shape the tip of a drill rod equal in diameter to the hammer-side pin, heat-treat and maybe add a larger diameter washer (with JB Weld) on the shaft as a stopper. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.
Only got to fire it first time during the Double Gun Classic yesterday (awesome get-together...) and sadly discovered that the right barrel went "click" but without the corresponding "boom"...
Took apart the firing pin retaining plugs and found that a broken firing pin was the cause. Have googled extensively and cannot find a replacement, slight chance that another Spanish make/model's pin might work (Zabala, Sarasqueta etc) but not sure. If anyone has some info regarding the acquisition of a suitable replacement, please guide me along.
If I possessed a lathe, I would be slightly inclined to turn one myself out of 1/4 drill rod. Still, if finding a replacement is impossible, I'm tempted to maybe redneck myself one on my drill press with Dremel as a helper. Another option is to shape the tip of a drill rod equal in diameter to the hammer-side pin, heat-treat and maybe add a larger diameter washer (with JB Weld) on the shaft as a stopper. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.
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