Wish I could find a firing pin fix for a Stevens 87J

by rob , Sunday, December 08, 2013, 23:43 (3946 days ago) @ stonewalrus

Had a broke pin in it when I acquired it, bought a pin and hammer kit from Numrich and fitted it. Then found out it had a chamber burr so bought the chamber iron and fixed that. Then it fed and fired but wouldn't extract. I came to the conclusion the pin had to retract or it couldn't extract the round from the chamber so it had to have some free movement in the bolt. Removed just enough from the rear to give it that and make sure it has free movement and now it feeds and ejects and refuses to dent the rim enough for ignition. Makes me want to go buy spare 10/22 and forget this thing:)