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Agreed that even with just a drill press, turning the pin should be easy, but how exactly would you make the perpendicular retaining pin slot if one did not have the proper machinery? Filing?

Why not get to the root of the cause and fix it for good rather than gluing the magazine in? It's likely that the magazine is worn to the point of not engaging in the magwell. Here's a page that deals with fixing a worn Enfield magazine. As I see it, you can go that route or replace the...

Hey Gonzo... There's no guarantee that the older spring wasn't also a replacement spring, and that perhaps the original is M.I.A. Pretty much all failures of the variety you are experiencing are due to short recoil. Your ejector looks good. The extractor is not the issue either. Since you...

Because quality gunsmiths are becoming more and more scarce, I (and suppose many, many others) have become my own "personal gunsmith," familiarizing myself with all the firearms I own (mostly wartime German/Euro 7.65mm pistols). My routine is to completely disassemble new acquisitions down to...

Good choice. Regarding the rust issue, pickup a can of Ballistol and rub your weapons down from time to time and that'll be the last you see of rust.

It's a 870, not a Benelli... Leave it alone. You did good. Now just enjoy it. If you spend money to refinish the thing, your good deal flew out the window.

Even if you found the frame, assembling what you have is not a job for a "regular joe." The PP-series guns do have some parts that are hand fitted, which are not of the "drop-in" variety. One is the hammer release lever - which comes in 9 sizes; A critical part where all the tolerances of the...

I believe THIS is what you're looking for... Very simple installation: Drift out entire front sight globe, then with a small punch, drift out front sight post from the top through the hole in the top of the globe. Slide in new taller post from the bottom and file flush at bottom if...

To drift sights in the direction you want your grouping moved... Remember FORS.... (F)ront (O)pposite (R)ear (S)ame In other words, if front sight is able to be drifted - and you want to make the adjustment to the front sight, drift it in the opposite direction you wish the POI to go...

The problem appears to be solved... In small increments, I reduced the depth of the firing pin tail with a stone until a cartridge case slid down the channel didn't catch on it. I then lightly polished it with some 1200-grit emery cloth. At the range, I loaded a magazine with the full...

That has to be it Jim. When I slide a cartridge casing up the firing pin channel slot, it does "catch" the firing pin tail enough to grab it. I do believe a slight stoning of the tail, as you suggested, will remedy the problem. I did have occasion to check out a third pistol last night, and...

First post (hopefully of many) here... I'd like to get some opinions on an issue I'm having with a new acquisition. I just picked up an FN 1906 (below) which is in very nice condition, and brought it to the range for the first time today. The problem I'm having is that the gun will not fire...