Jim NE
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Checked on the model 10 sticky on the revolver forum, but couldn't find specific instructions.
My model 14 had NO stock pin in it, though it has wooden target stocks (probably had Pachmyers at one point.)
Anyway, I ordered a few stock pins for S&W k frame from Numrich. What they sent me were NOT roll pins, but solid shafts of metal.
I HAD installed a stock pin once before without any problems (on a model 64), but I had problems on the model 14.
THe pin fit the hole, but VERY tightly. I lubricated the hole to make the pin slide in easier. As with my model 64, I pressed the pin in carefully with a vise, using wooden cauls to protect the frame. I tried protecting the end of the pin with a cloth between it and the vise surface, but the fit of the pin in the hole was so tight that the pin penetrated the cloth and was marred. In fact, the end of the pin "mushroomed" a bit under pressure from the vise, so that when it was finally in place, I had to file it's circumference so that the hole from the wooden stock would fit it.
Net result? No damage or scratches to the frame, but the pin itself has kind of a mangled look on one end. Since it's hidden from view (when the stocks are on) and it performs it's function fine, I won't replace the pin, but I'd like to know what I did wrong and how to do the job properly.
THe stock pin in my 64 was installed the same way, and the fit WAS tight, but I didn't have this problem. CAn't remember if it was a roll pin or a solid shaft of metal. I don't plan on doing extensive gunsmith repairs to my guns, but a k frame without a stock pin isn't that uncommon, so it would be nice to know.
My model 14 had NO stock pin in it, though it has wooden target stocks (probably had Pachmyers at one point.)
Anyway, I ordered a few stock pins for S&W k frame from Numrich. What they sent me were NOT roll pins, but solid shafts of metal.
I HAD installed a stock pin once before without any problems (on a model 64), but I had problems on the model 14.
THe pin fit the hole, but VERY tightly. I lubricated the hole to make the pin slide in easier. As with my model 64, I pressed the pin in carefully with a vise, using wooden cauls to protect the frame. I tried protecting the end of the pin with a cloth between it and the vise surface, but the fit of the pin in the hole was so tight that the pin penetrated the cloth and was marred. In fact, the end of the pin "mushroomed" a bit under pressure from the vise, so that when it was finally in place, I had to file it's circumference so that the hole from the wooden stock would fit it.
Net result? No damage or scratches to the frame, but the pin itself has kind of a mangled look on one end. Since it's hidden from view (when the stocks are on) and it performs it's function fine, I won't replace the pin, but I'd like to know what I did wrong and how to do the job properly.
THe stock pin in my 64 was installed the same way, and the fit WAS tight, but I didn't have this problem. CAn't remember if it was a roll pin or a solid shaft of metal. I don't plan on doing extensive gunsmith repairs to my guns, but a k frame without a stock pin isn't that uncommon, so it would be nice to know.