Snap Cap busted Rem 37 Firing Pin

[X-Seeker]

To protect the rifle and chamber, I bought (supposedly "soft") steel snap caps off Amazon. They destroyed the firing pin.

FORUM BOSS: Rimfire firing pin contacts the RIM -- NOT the center of the cartridge. Those snap-caps are NOT designed for rimfires!!!!

The Amazon .22 LR snapcap is made from ALUMINUM. But even that may not be ideal.

 

[Kings X]

Get the orange Lyman snap caps. I get them from Pistoleer.com. They are flexible plastic

 

[butchlambert]

To protect the rifle and chamber, I bought (supposedly "soft") steel snap caps off Amazon. They destroyed the firing pin.

Have you tried the Rimfire Central forum?

 

[X-Seeker]

yes

 

[Ggmac]

I may have one , it will not be cheap . PM me if you want me to start looking .Im not very organized and have the remaining inventory of 3-4 old gunshops .
Gary
These 37 parts were for a build that hasnt materialized yet .

 

[X-Seeker]

Can't shoot the rifle without one. Please start looking. A guy on ebay sold me the wrong part. It wasn't cheap either. I returned it yesterday.

 

[X-Seeker]

Here's a photo comparing my OEM firing pin with the one I bought off ebay.

 

[Ggmac]

Here's a photo comparing my OEM firing pin with the one I bought off ebay.

I dont see any photos and only know how to email pics . My email is ggmac5@aol.com
Gary MacDonald
Sorry for being so blunt this morning. I just got done spending 3 days looking for a part a mauser collector, just had to have , found 2 exactly what he wanted , then tried to renegotiate the price and got very rude . Its 90 degrees outside and moving heavy boxes isnt fun . So again Im sorry if I came off rude .

 

[jeffery163]

To protect the rifle and chamber, I bought (supposedly "soft") steel snap caps off Amazon. They destroyed the firing pin.

I saw one on outdoorstrader

 

[Kings X]

Could you post the pictures again ?

 

[SBS]

You may be able to rebuild the firing pin ass'y. I remember them being similar to the 40X, in that the firing pin tip is a separate part and can be replaced on the rest of the ass'y. If that's so, a drill blank of the correct size would probably work.

 

[1911nut]

If the tip is peened too short, is it possible to put a dab of TIG on it and reshape?

 

[Ggmac]

Found the parts

 

[ebb]

Did you run across the 1903 we talked about when you were looking?