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(NOTE: I have also posted this thread on another forum here on THR (gunsmithing) because I'm hoping to find some help ASAP, and I really hope someone here can help! Thanks, mods!)
I'm a gunsmith in central WA St, and recently took in a job on a used .25 auto pistol that will not fire, will not pick up a new round out of the original magazine (because the slide does not cycle far enough back I think) and won't fire the round even if I manually place a round into the barrel.
The owner took it apart to try his hand at fixing the problem, lost the original firing pin, bought a new one, and I've dropped it in. No go. BTW, the entire pistol had been taken apart by it's original owner about 25 yrs ago (he'd "liberated it" in WW-II Germany), couldn't get it back together (they are a bit tricky!), and so he left it disassembled for a few decades. He may have taken it apart in the first place because it would not work; who knows!
I'm not sure what might need to be done to "fit" the new f/p. The piece didn't work with the original f/p either, and the owner "orbited" the part into the Carpet Monster.
So now I'm looking for a 'smith who is familiar enough with these pieces to take on this job, or perhaps just call me and tell me all I need to do is "tinker the knibbling pin" 1.245˚ to the left, and voila, it'll all work.
Anyone? Anyone? Please?
(or if you know someone/anyone who can help professionally"? For $$$? BTW, Browning says NO.
I'm a gunsmith in central WA St, and recently took in a job on a used .25 auto pistol that will not fire, will not pick up a new round out of the original magazine (because the slide does not cycle far enough back I think) and won't fire the round even if I manually place a round into the barrel.
The owner took it apart to try his hand at fixing the problem, lost the original firing pin, bought a new one, and I've dropped it in. No go. BTW, the entire pistol had been taken apart by it's original owner about 25 yrs ago (he'd "liberated it" in WW-II Germany), couldn't get it back together (they are a bit tricky!), and so he left it disassembled for a few decades. He may have taken it apart in the first place because it would not work; who knows!
I'm not sure what might need to be done to "fit" the new f/p. The piece didn't work with the original f/p either, and the owner "orbited" the part into the Carpet Monster.
So now I'm looking for a 'smith who is familiar enough with these pieces to take on this job, or perhaps just call me and tell me all I need to do is "tinker the knibbling pin" 1.245˚ to the left, and voila, it'll all work.
Anyone? Anyone? Please?
(or if you know someone/anyone who can help professionally"? For $$$? BTW, Browning says NO.
