Have you ever broken a firing pin?

[Scott Bear]

Wondering how common it is to break a firing pin in a pistol and how many rounds before it breaks?

Thanks for your help,

Scott.

 

[CanuckR]

I broke one in a friends Norinco NP22. Round count is unknown, but it's up there.
And it's a Norinco.......

 

[dogzilla]

It happens, but it's luck of the draw. You could put a million rounds thru one gun and no problems, yet have the same make of gun break one in the first 50 rounds

 

[Magellann]

Ive never broken one yet.

 

[Justins1877]

Although not on a pistol, I have broken firing pins, most recently an 870 in three different places. Shortly after, I busted the ejector, which i'm told, is quite the feat. Shoot your guns often enough, and parts will wear/break. Don't sweat it.

 

[CdnCombatMedic]

Never

 

[raks]

USP .45 after about 30,000 rounds - it was an older firing pin before they redesigned it.

 

[Justins1877]

USP .45 after about 30,000 rounds - it was an older firing pin before they redesigned it.

This illustrates my point well. After 30,000 rounds ( est $15,000 in ammo ) a main component breaks, costing under $50.

 

[silverfoxdj]

Fingers crossed no..

 

[gdrew]

Ya, not yet. All my guns are used with unknown round count with the exception of three that I purchased new. I have many interchangeable parts so I'm not too worried if one of them goes down for a while.

 

[84fuegoturbo]

Had a broken one on a Tokarev, it was a used gun so unsure round count. The first time and i mean the first time dry firing it the end of it shot out the barrel lol. Caught me off guard, have never dry fired another one just in case.

 

[nada]

walther gsp 22 , 20,000 +/-

 

[capp325]

USP .45 after about 30,000 rounds - it was an older firing pin before they redesigned it.

Same here, except it was a USP9 after 3,000-4,000 rounds.

 

[RobertMcC]

Nope.

 

[Auggie Doggie]

Two. A Star M43 Firestar in 9mm after about 1000 rounds. A known problem that was corrected. The new one is going strong. The other was a Glock 19 gen 2 after about 15,000 rounds. The tip chipped and started to pierce primers.

Auggie D.

 

[ziachm]

It happens, 12G single shoot

 

[Mark-II]

TT-33. Approx 1600rounds from "new"

Having the firing pin wipe all the way across to the edge of the primer on every shot didn't help, I'm sure

 

[SigWig]

broke a firing pin retaining pin, dry firing a tt-33. never dry firing anything again.

 

[Yogi05]

2 firing pins on a GSG 1911 22.

Around 8000 Rnds on the first and doing a mag dump, and at about 14000 Rnds for the second.

Haven't replaced it yet.

Also on a Squires Bingham M1600 (.22) at probably around 30 000 Rnds.

 

[Magellann]

After reading a few of these posts, I think I'll pick up a spare for my TT33 while they are still available.