Col. Harrumph
Member
Hello the camp! My Supermatic Citation (wish I could afford a Trophy!... and was a good enough shot to need one! ) has a problem....
The slide doesn't always make it fully back into battery. A good cleaning and judicious lube job improved matters, but I still get the occasional alibi. I suspect the recoil spring is tired. Wolff sells a replacement, but the question is, how to replace the thing?
The spring and its guide are captured by a plug that's visible on the slide face across from the firing pin. It's held in by a roll pin and that's my problem. Where can I find a roll pin punch that's small enough? The smallest I can find at Brownell's or on Amazon is 1/16 inch. Eyeballing the pin, 1/16" is much too large. I estimate I need a 3/64" diameter pin punch. Know where I can find one?
The slide doesn't always make it fully back into battery. A good cleaning and judicious lube job improved matters, but I still get the occasional alibi. I suspect the recoil spring is tired. Wolff sells a replacement, but the question is, how to replace the thing?
The spring and its guide are captured by a plug that's visible on the slide face across from the firing pin. It's held in by a roll pin and that's my problem. Where can I find a roll pin punch that's small enough? The smallest I can find at Brownell's or on Amazon is 1/16 inch. Eyeballing the pin, 1/16" is much too large. I estimate I need a 3/64" diameter pin punch. Know where I can find one?