Today I took a customer of mine to the range to let him shoot a few different guns to see what kind he likes because he wants to buy another gun. He brought his SIG P226 and his AMT Backup .380!!! I almost died laughing when he pulled the AMT out as I know of their stellar reputation. He tells me he has had the gun for 8 years and has never fired it, someone gave it to him. I told him good luck, I'll bet you $20 you don't get through a full magazine before something screws up. He loads the gun, aims, pulls the trigger....nothing. I laughed, took the gun, verified it was loaded and tried to fire it. *click* Hmm, maybe a hard primer, cycle the slide...aim, *click*. Piece of s#$%, cycle slide, aim, *click*. I proceed to pull the trigger about 10 times just for fun. I cleared the gun, took it out to the store area of the range to get a punch to break the gun apart and found out what the problem was. The firing pin was broken and half of it was missing! The firing pin!!!! So, the guy I was with gave me the gun and told me to have fun with it. Since AMT is out of business, I'm gonna have Bob Cogan at Accurate Plating and Weaponry make me a firing pin. For now, I'm breaking out the dremel to work on the 500 pound trigger pull. If I can get the trigger pull to something decent, I'll prolly keep this thing around as a toy.
Also, I do have a question...how do I get that pin out of the slide to break it down? Am I supposed to pull the slide back any? Or do you just whack it out with a punch while the gun is sitting on a table?
Thanks.
Also, I do have a question...how do I get that pin out of the slide to break it down? Am I supposed to pull the slide back any? Or do you just whack it out with a punch while the gun is sitting on a table?
Thanks.