break firing pins...what Berdan priming is famous for in the miniNot sure how you'd damage your firing pin. And if you're shooting enough steel cased ammo to wear out your chamber, you'll long ago have shot out the rifling, so you can afford a new barrel (and extractor if it actually does ever wear out) with a fraction of the savings from not buying brass cased ammo.
Problem is Sam, the only aftermarket ones available have shown to be rather poor quality. Ruger won't sell you one unless you send in your complete rifle. Maybe you could (lie) tell them you lost your old one. Then you would have a spare. Some folks claim to have done this.Interesting. Didn't ever hear of steel-case ammo breaking firing pins before. Probably good to have a spare, then.
Checked a newly bought box of Tulammo 223 and it is boxer primed. I'll see if I can find an older Wolf WPA or MC case...The cheap steel .223 stuff I've been seeing lately has been almost all boxer primed.