S&W Firing Pin Question:

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I was in the gun shop this weekend, and noticed that the firing pins on several used S&W's did not have springs and were loose. Was this factory? Or have they been replaced?
 
Hammer mounted FP?
Normal.

Some have a spring, and some don't.
Depends on age & model.

All newer guns with the frame mounted FP should have a retractor spring.

rc
 
S&W used firing pin (hammer nose) springs on some of their revolvers to push the hammer nose downward, but there seems no rhyme or reason. The first M&P didn't have a spring, but some later guns did. They seem to have dropped it across the board for a good while, but around 1988 they went back to a spring on their stainless steel guns.

Jim
 
For the hammer mounted firing pin movement is normal and necessary. The hammer moves in an arc and the hammer nose bushing is stationary.
 
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