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The acme firing pin company



So one of my buddies comes to me with these 2 firing pins, and says to me, "these are out of some hardware store brand side by side .410 shotgun, probably made in the 20's and I have owned it for the last 60 years, and for 50 of those 60 years the one firing pin has been broken......can you machine me up a pair of pins?"

Out to the shop I went, grabbed a couple shoulder bolts, there good steel, hardened, but machinable, and went to work.....

After I got done with this project, he then has the nerve to try to pay me......I told him "you just don't do friends that way" ok fine he says, and leaves a happy man.....came home from work the next day and found a N.O.S. bolt for my 03A3 in my mail box......

What ya think of my handy work?
 
"What ya think of my handy work?"

I would say that you are fortunate to have a friend who appreciates your skill and ability. IMO you were well compensated!

T W Hudson
 
Very nice 55fairlane! I have made a lot of shotgun pins myself, and repointed a good few with
hardened yet machinable wire which I would red Loctite into the original pin body.
 
Hardened wire? Never thought of that one.....I would use either drill rod , gauge pins or sometimes the shank off a reamer.....I allwaysed used green loc tite.....

Great tip......thanks
 

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