[anastasis]

Can someone with a 22LR diamondback please post a closeup picture with their hammer cocked revealing the firing pin? I was gifted a 22LR diamondback recently, and I think that it was given to me with a broken firing pin. Not a huge deal, I'll send it to colt to fix if necessary. Don't have any revolvers, so I am not sure exactly what I should be looking for. Thanks in advance.

[anastasis]

Better yet, here are some pics:

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/anastasis00/020.jpg?t=1232441100

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/anastasis00/008.jpg?t=1232441062






Looks broke to me.

[Master Blaster]

Try some .22lr ammo and see if it shoots?? Firing pin may be fine...

[earlthegoat2]

That, looks perfect to me. The 22 pin does not look the same as the centerfire pin on Diamondbacks and maybe other revolvers as well. A way to check is to unload the revovler and cock the hammer and with your thumb on the hammer pull the trigger and keep the trigger pulled as you lower the hammer slowly until it stops. You should be able to see the firing pin sticking through between the breechface and the rear of the cylinder.

[MMCSRET]

Very closely resembles my Colt Official Police 22 LR firing pin. Try it; that is the proof you need.

[SaxonPig]

Looks OK to me.

BTW- I will happily take all the D'backs anyone cares to give away even with broken firing pins. Nice gift.

[Thomas Garrett]

Here's a picture of my Colts hammer, This one is a Officers model Match .22, hope this helps. I added a closer picture of the hammer, (sorry, cheap camera)

[anastasis]

thanks guys. Like I said, I don't much experience with these wheel guns.

[Thomas Garrett]

anastasia, you really need to take the "giver" to dinner or something. They gave you an excellent and valuable "present". Bye the way, did the picture i sent help you out?

[anastasis]

Yeah, it helped. What I notice in your picture is that teh firing pin comes to a point. On mine, there is no point.

[Thomas Garrett]

i sent you a second picture, it's alittle blurred, but it may help. also, open up your cylinder, look at the oriface where the firing pin comes out, it should be flush with the frame, work your trigger group holding your hammer, slowly (with your thumb) let it drop, you should see the firing pin protrude through the oriface for a split second, (thats where the timing comes in) then retract back into the hole.

[harmonic]

Your firing pin is perfect.

Keep in mind, however, that the Colt Diamondback 22 firing pin will contact the cylinder if there is no cartridge in place. That means no dry firing. It's getting increasingly difficult to find replacement parts for these older guns.

[anastasis]

Thanks Thomas. Yeah, harmonic, no dry firing in my future. :)

This was gifted by my grandmother (actually my step-grandmother) a few years back when I graduated college. My grandfather was a big gun collector, and she still has some of his guns. I remember when I was a small child they distributed a large portion of the collection between his daughters and their families. She retained some of the guns, and this came out of what she kept. During the distribution, my dad got another colt revolver, I want to say a .41 or a .44. Needless to say, my grandfather (who actually died before my dad got remarried so I never met him) had impeccable taste is firearms.

[Thomas Garrett]

you're exactly right, on both of my officers match pistols .38 and .22 you need spent casings in place for dry firing, the difference is, the .22 has a forged (fixed) firing pin, the .38 has a "pinned" floating firing pin. it's more critical on the .38. been shooting them for years now and no misshaps.