Firing pin woes...Stevens/Savage 87J...

by rob , Monday, December 09, 2013, 19:05 (3945 days ago)

I acquired this rifle with a broken firing pin and a burred chamber. I solved the chamber issue with a chamber iron and now it feeds. Bought the upgraded firing pin and hammer kit from Numrich and fitted them. Basically just filed the "T" on the pin till it fit the slot. Then it would chamber and fire a round but not extract it. So, I figured the firing pin needed to retract into the hammer enough not to eject the round into the chamber so I filed just enough off the back of the "T" so I could push the pin back flush with the bolt face and then it wouldn't fire any more. If it doesn't use some bit of inertia to fire the pin and let it retract, then I'm not sure how it would be possible to extract a round as the pin pushes it out of the extractor. Any help or advice would be appreciated...well, constructive help that is:) Here's some picks. The front half is the bolt and the rear part is the hammer with the pin "T'd" into it. Its semi-auto and the trigger releases the rear hammer/pin, both come back. Releasing the trigger releases the bolt to go into battery and pulling it again fires ( should fire) the round and repeats the process.