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Offline sixshot

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S&W firing pin
« on: January 11, 2012, 07:59:36 AM »
 A friend bought a new, unfired 460 S&W & the firing pin won't retract without giving it a good push with his finger, he still hasn't fired it, he's afraid the firing pin will bind up in the primer......send it back?
 
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Re: S&W firing pin
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2012, 09:00:53 AM »
I would call the factory first and see what they say.
If it was damaged by dry firing empty then it may need some work.
They make snap caps for a reason.
 
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Re: S&W firing pin
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2012, 03:58:55 PM »
 I'm pretty sure he tinkered with it, although he didn't live fire it. His trigger felt quite light to me. Dry firing shouldn't have hurt anything but you never know, something isn't right. My competition guns have been dry fired thousands of times without any problems.
 
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Offline Ken ONeill

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Re: S&W firing pin
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2012, 08:41:05 AM »
Call them and send it back. Clipped too much off the rebound spring? Who knows ....
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Re: S&W firing pin
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2012, 01:30:16 PM »
I told him the best thing to do was send it back. S&W will send him a shipping label. I do think he tinkered with the springs.
  Ken, how have you & Kay been, haven't heard from you in a while.
 
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Re: S&W firing pin
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2012, 02:01:22 PM »
Dick,
Kay has been quite ill. I just got her home from the hospital a little while ago. PM sent.
Ken
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