Who can make me some firing pins?

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I Youtubed some drill rod firing pin fabrication, and this looks straightforward for someone that knows what they are doing...Unfortunately I have no lathe and don't know what I'm doing!

I need about ten of these shotgun firing pins. I have only this one example but I can send it out for measurements. Who can make them and how much does it cost? Thanks


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Brownells has similar ones, but not those ones. They are from Ricoil 20g O/U that I bought form Corwin Arms. Martin has sent me replacements in the past but doesn't have any currently (last time I checked) Apparently they are the same as a Savage Stevens 555- Which Grech Outdoors does warranty work for. I contacted Grech and they said yes indeed they did have the pins, so I tried to order them but they won't get back to me now, and it's been months. I've never had much luck with Grech, I am still waiting for a part for a Mossberg 22 that they said they would notify me once it was in stock. I sold that rifle in 2014.

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So enough waiting, I've got 2 shotguns with 1 pin between the two of them. Obviously the pins are a bit of a weak point in otherwise pretty good shotguns, as I've broken a few of them.
 
I have the same 20g O/U and have put hundreds of rounds through it without issue. Let me know if you track down firing pins, I may pick up a few extras as well.
 
Well if we can find someone to make some, we can get them to make us a big batch. :)

I have 2 shotguns, have broken 7 pins. Lots of rounds fired though, and I was using Challenger shells for awhile and I hear thier primers can be rough on firing pins.
 
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yodave said:
Ask Trevj nicely, he's in your neck of the woods
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Trevj hasn't been getting to his own projects lately. :)

Honestly though, you don't need a lathe to make a pretty darn fair copy of that style pin. Some drill rod or music wire of the correct outsid diameter, a cordless drill and a bench grinder will do it. A chainsaw file to file the round ends (round is optional, but nice) of the pin slot, and you can heat treat with a propane torch or a gas stove burner.

All the features are concentric, makes it pretty easy to make a workable substitute.

Another sorta cheaty option would be to plug some sections of dowel pin in to the remains of your old firing pins, cut them to correct length, and round them over with a Dremel tool.

Seen some pretty ugly pins filed out of old nails or fence wire that worked well enough.
 
Do you have a digital, dial, or vernier caliper? Measurements - diameter of body, diameter of pin, overall length, length of body, distance from each end to the near side of the notch, width of the notch, diameter of the bit just after the body and before the taper, distance from the "pin" end to the start of the taper, and so on.

I don't have access to the equipment now, but I've made firing pins for old Browning Trombone rifles on a wire EDM machine - I've got about 20 of them, needing a bit of profiling after being ground to 0.110" thickness.
 
Gatehouse said:
I've got 2 shotguns with 1 pin between the two of them. Obviously the pins are a bit of a weak point in otherwise pretty good shotguns, as I've broken a few of them.
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When you get some new ones heat them slowly with a propane torch until they draw to a deep purple colour and let then slowly cool down... That should take the brittleness out of them. No need for them to be so hard they break.
 
Looks like Stomper already has you covered. But I also have milling machines/Lathes and a forge and have done Damascus knives as well as the odd gun parts.
 
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