obvious firing pin repair
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:02 am
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.
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.