Need flat firing pins and extractors made

[Odd Job]

I am looking for recommendations in the US, for companies who can reproduce the flat firing pin and extractor for a T/C Benchmark rifle. I've tried locally here in the UK without success so far.


I expect I'll have to provide my samples and the company will then laser scan them and produce them. The pins will have to be hardened too. I don't know what sort of steel these are made from.

Now somebody will eventually recommend asking S&W or T/C or some other arbitrary parts supplier, but I assure you those avenues have been checked and they are dry. There are no spare extractors or firing pins to be had, for these rifles. Several of us have looked!

So I will have to get these made.
If you have a suggestion for a reliable company that has helped you before, I would like to know about them!

 

[Hugger-4641]

Check with Cross Machine, Lexington TN. they make custom AR 15s from ground up. I used them frequently in the automotive plant I worked in to make unobtainable and specialty parts for robotic machinery. I know they have the CNC equipment and expertise to do it. The economics and any patent infringement issues are probably the big questions. If they can't help, let me know. I know of at least 2 other firms that can probably do it, but Cross would be my first try.

 

[BBBBill]

Considering that it is the UK, I probably wouldn't advertise that they were gun parts.

 

[Odd Job]

Fortunately for us, firing pins and extractors are not restricted parts. I can have those made anywhere.

 

[Just4FunOldGuns]

We've used these guys before in our manufacturing plant. Not gun manufacturing but they might be able to do something!
https://www.youngmfg.com/

 

[WestKentucky]

WhT is the thickness? I had a similar firing pin that was broken, I produced one myself from a length of hacksaw blade. Dremel tool and a file. Didn’t take all that long to do.

 

[Odd Job]

WhT is the thickness? I had a similar firing pin that was broken, I produced one myself from a length of hacksaw blade. Dremel tool and a file. Didn’t take all that long to do.

These flats are a bit thick for that, they look a bit more than 1mm thick. I wouldn't mind giving it a go if it was only the firing pin I need, but the extractor is needed also and it has a shape that doesn't lend itself to home dremel in my opinion.

 

[Jackrabbit1957]

Both pieces would be doable from flat Starret stock. Not that difficult to reproduce as mentioned above.

 

[BBBBill]

Those pieces are likely blanked out on a press with dies and a bare minimum of cleanup before heat treat (if any) and calling them done. I've made more complicated shapes with files and Dremels. Any hobby machinist or knifemaker should be able to knock out a small run of those. I know that there are small groups of those enthusiasts in the UK as there are here. You might look up a local chapter and find a fellow or three who could knock that out for you.