help with Enfield firing pin questions

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southsaskscotty

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Ok this is a question that has probably been asked on here before, but probably never for these circumstances:

I was given two rifles by an elderly fellow a little while ago, who, in an attempt to legalize these (then) unregistered rifles had taken the bolt heads off and sawed the end of the firing pin off! Anyways, I want to reverese this 'deactivation'...lol...what do I need to do?

The rifles are an Enfield No1 MKIII* and an Enfield No5.

I know that I have to get new firing pins, but where might a guy come across those and at that point, how can I change out the sawed off ones and replace with the others? I am not a smithy but surely there is some way for a regular joe to go about this?

Thanks!
 
You need the firing pin tool.
Remove the bolt head
Remove the fixing screw in the cocking piece
Use the tool to unscrew the firing pin from the front end of the bolt.
Now a caveat, the tool can be broken if the firing pin is REAlly tight, so a bit of caution is needed. DO NOT "gorilla" the tool. If the pin doesn't move easily, try wiggling it both ways, though it does unscrew in the normal way.
Not rocket science and I am sure some folks on the forum can supply the source of both the pins and the tools. There arer suppliers south of the border, but I should think there are also dealers in Canada.
 
As a guestimate, your looking at about $20 a pin plus installation. A 'smith can do it but so can you as John suggests above.

I made my firing pin tool out of a roll pin with a grinder. I turn it with a pair of vice grips.

I see that http://www. ellwoodepps.com /this_n_that_misc_gun_parts_page.asp

has some tools.

You can see how to take apart a No4 bolt here.
http://www.surplusrifle.com/no4/boltdisassembly/index.asp
Same procedure for a No1MkIII or No5.
 
Thanks guys. That one link makes it look easy enough to do this myself, I just need to find the firing pins (and get myself a tool - I hope that the same one can be used for both bolts?).

Are the No 5 rifle firing pins the same as the No 4 rifle? There seems to be little diference in the physical appearance of the bolts.

Thanks!
 
No4 and 5 are the same....the No1 is different......by the time you purchase the firing pins and tools, pay the shipping, duty and all that stuff you could have someone do the job for you. Most often the pin is siezed to the cocking piece and the firing pin tool breaks or the screws are marred so badly they need to be drilled out....I've fixed alot of these after they been mucked up! Good luck with your project.
 
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