obvious firing pin repair

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obvious firing pin repair

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I noticed this U.S. Krag 'striker' on ebay. At first I thought it was a Norwegian Krag 'striker',
then realized, although not in the ebay description, the part was U.S. and had obviously been repaired.

I have never experienced breaking a Krag firing-pin, but, I do have a broken one that came in a box of gun parts and a crudely repaired one that came off of a 'sportered' Krag.

Although I have a couple of good 'spares', I have kept the broken strikers.
Someday, I will try to bore a hole in the front of the striker body and press-fit & contour a replacement firing-pin 'point'.

I don't know how well the pictured 'striker' will work; it would depend on the quality and hardness of the steel and fit.
The rod shape and lack of a 'tapered shoulder', (IMHO), might cause this repair to loosen with 'dry firing', if it has nothing to strike.

The 'repaired striker' must be an early type (pre-serial #2400) with the 'square corners' (yellow arrow), this machine cut was later rounded on Krag strikers.
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Re: obvious firing pin repair

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Krag striker evolution:
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