Ratfood
Member
Hi folks, my type 53 is giving me some problems.
My firing pin is sticking out .110 "and I know it's max should be .095" A nice man named Frank on surplusrifle forum told me how to adjust my firing pin so I gave that a try. The problem is that I screw my pin in just as far as it will go (till the threads run out) and then back it out about 1/8 turn to match the timing lines. Now at this point the rear of the pin is actually sticking out the back of the cocking knob a thread or two. Then I measure the protrusion and it is still .110" (holy moly!) I think the pin is just too long for the bolt!
I ran across some instructions on how to shorten a pin on a web page somewhere with a file and some sandpaper (it was for a different kind of rifle) and I was just wondering if there was any reason why I shouldn't do this?
By the way, I shot about 15 rounds of Check silver-tip thru the rifle and no pierced primers but Im gonna step up to some Bulgarian heavy ammo with a little more macho and don't wanna go blind just in case. Thanks for any help!
My firing pin is sticking out .110 "and I know it's max should be .095" A nice man named Frank on surplusrifle forum told me how to adjust my firing pin so I gave that a try. The problem is that I screw my pin in just as far as it will go (till the threads run out) and then back it out about 1/8 turn to match the timing lines. Now at this point the rear of the pin is actually sticking out the back of the cocking knob a thread or two. Then I measure the protrusion and it is still .110" (holy moly!) I think the pin is just too long for the bolt!
I ran across some instructions on how to shorten a pin on a web page somewhere with a file and some sandpaper (it was for a different kind of rifle) and I was just wondering if there was any reason why I shouldn't do this?
By the way, I shot about 15 rounds of Check silver-tip thru the rifle and no pierced primers but Im gonna step up to some Bulgarian heavy ammo with a little more macho and don't wanna go blind just in case. Thanks for any help!