AMT backup 45 firing pin

[Marnett90]

First off first post here on the high road have read through these forums for years and found tons of usefull info so I figured id try my luck here. The firing pin on my amt 45b/u broke in half this morning and I am having no luck finding a replacement any ideas where I might find one?
Thanks in advance for any help, Mark A.

 

[BBBBill]

Numrich - https://www.gunpartscorp.com/products/854460 (currently out of stock)

Gunbroker or one of the other gun auction sites - Make/save a search for the part there. You might have to buy a complete parts kit (minus the frame) from a police confiscated/destroyed gun.

Others to check are Bob's Gun Shop, Poppert's Gun Parts, Jack First, etc.

Or you could just take the pieces to a machinist and have him make one out of proper steel.

 

[BBBBill]

Numrich - https://www.gunpartscorp.com/products/854460 (currently out of stock)

Gunbroker or one of the other gun auction sites - Make/save a search for the part there. You might have to buy a complete parts kit (minus the frame) from a police confiscated/destroyed gun.

Others to check are Bob's Gun Shop, Poppert's Gun Parts, Jack First, etc.

Or you could just take the pieces to a gunsmith/machinist and have him make one out of proper steel.

 

[Marnett90]

Thanks for the reply have found several kits with no firing pins of course haha but when it happened I hadn't noticed and walked off to reload mags then click click and half a pin short.

 

[Steve762us]

Is this the DAO Back Up?

I got one of the .40 version, back in mid-Nineties, when they first came out.
Broke first firing pin, the first day, dry-firing. AMT sent a replacement and it
broke after maybe fifty rounds. Both pins looked like bad castings, with visible
voids where they broke.

Other than that, it was a pretty competitive little gun, in it's day.

Got a machinist friend, who would turn you a pin out of bar stock?

If you find an AMT replacement pin, don't dry fire it...

 

[Marnett90]

It is a Dao .088 firing pin.

 

[Marnett90]

Yes it is the Dao old model 45 backup.

 

[mjsdwash]

firing pins are usually symmetric, and if so, a machine shop could make it easily. The problem is that most will have a minimum hour/setup and it will cost more than you may want to pay. If it is a simple symmetric pin, drill rod, files, an electric drill in a vice, sandpaper and a caliper is the way I would go. I have made some pins this way, and while tedious, it works very well.

 

[Marnett90]

I'm on that route I have some drill stock I think my best bet is tryin to replicate an original and heat quenching the the front and rear in some oil

 

[Old Shooter]

Might want to make two while you're at it.

 

[Marnett90]

Yeah probably a good idea, emailed interarms in TX and they plan on making some later this year just want to make sure I have one till I can get a good replacement.