Parts for your Remington

[Siskiyou]

I have three Remington rifles that are long out of production.  The other day when looking around the Remington webpage I notice that Remington has published how you can get parts for current production arms And sources other then Remington for out of production firearms.

The reason I have brought up this issue is that over the years I have come across people who own broken down firearms and they can not find parts locally.  Many years ago I had a firing pin break on my M760 when I had a buck in my sights.  I am sure this part failure was from many hours of dry firing without a snap cap.  The hunt went on the next day with a barrowed rifle.

I have been think about buying and having on hand an extra firing pin for the old 760.  I doubt if it will break again, but what if it does.  I have checked the Internet sources and the pin cost is from $5.95 to $15.95 for the pin.  Shipping and handling is another $6.00.  Should I buy a firing pin spring at the sametime?  Are there other critical parts related to the firing pin assembly I should get?

The most common broken firearm I have heard about or seen at people's homes are .22 rimfires.  The firing pins on those along with extractors take a beating.  I had a Winchester Model 97 given to me years ago.  It had a broken firing pin.

Take care if you are around somebody handling a broken firearm.  I was in gunshop when a customer brought in a broken .22 rifle.  The counter man asked he if it was empty and the customer assured him it was unloaded.  When the guy came into the store I thought he was a flake.  He provided me correct.  I put a display case between us.  To show the rifle was empty he pulled the trigger putting a round into the ceiling.  The counterman turned white, and I left the store.

I have not listed sources because those businesses do not advertise with Graybeard.  Just go to your search engine in type in your model and part.  A number of sources will come up or back to the Remington webpage.

[The Gamemaster]

You are just too rough with your guns son.

A Model 760 Firing pin should never break. 

I do not know of any reason why you would be dry firing it.  That is just plain dumb.

If for peace of mind you wanted to buy a firing pin and a spring - buy it and store it in a clean dry place.  I do not look for it to become a out of stock part anytime in this century.  They made more than 1 million of them guns and it is a very common rifle.

22's also takes a beating - and with care one 22 rifle will last a couple of lifetimes.

I had a Marlin 22 that had several owners before me and was abused to the point where I had to replace the extractor and the clip.  I sold it to the shop that sold me the replacement parts and now someone else owns it.  I'm sure than in another 50 or 60 years it will need another extractor  and a firing pin if people dry fire it.

If you feel the need to dry fire a rifle, buy yourself a b'b gun.

[**oneshot**]

I've been dealing with www.gunparts.com.  The have skematics available for alot of guns on their site as well.

[alsaqr]

Just looked in my Gun Parts catalog.  They have a firing pin for your Model 760.  Cost:  $5.65.

[Siskiyou]

Thanks

[popplecop]

And yes, believe it or not FPs do break.  Have replaced them is 870s, 1100s, 742s some things just break.  Will say it is a rare happening.

[Clearfield_Utah]

If you dry fire, use a snap cap. They cost 5-15 dollars, and may keep you from having to do an emergency repair. They also make you verify the gun is empty, but you would do that anyway.


For hard to find calibers, you can make a snap cap with a fired cartridge, primer removed, primer hole filled with a product called "shoe-goo". Paint it orange so you don't accidentally shoot something if you get your hands mixed up ( I know, I know).

Just my two cents worth. I only use snap caps as an action proving tool. Not much on dry firing by itself.