Now I think I will need to soften up the end of my firing pin body before I will be able to drill into it at all. I’ve done a lot of reading about quenching and tempering steel but I would like to bounce off a few of you guys to make sure that I understand correctly what to do. I am using a 5/64 drill bit shank as my new pin. I don’t have a lathe unfortunately so I will be slowly grinding the end down to avoid pulling the temper out. Mill down the end until it’s big enough to drill a hole the size of the pin end into, make a new pin end, silver solder in place. I don’t have a smith closer than 1.5hr drive so I’m looking at doing the repair myself. It’s the last 1/8 or so that snapped off. So I picked up a model 1910 Mexican mauser the other day and found out the firing pin was broken. r/guns /r/NFA /r/Gunsforsale /r/GunPorn /r/3gun /r/Bladesmith /r/DIYGuns /r/longrange /r/CompetitionShooting /r/ClayBusters /r/guncleaning r/gunnitrust Be aware of your target and what lies beyond.
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