ClarkEMyers
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What happens when a modern sporting rifle AR pattern rifle is assembled carefully in all respects but the firing pin is left out?
I've heard it's a bad idea and the implication was it's a pain to correct the mistake - the firing pin aligns some parts - but I've never tried it and don't know what happens.
My clear understanding and practice is that with many bolt action rifles it is a good idea to pull the striker (or striker assembly with spring or bolt sleeve) to say run ammunition through the action as before a hunting trip especially a once in a lifetime Africa or Alaska trip.
I've done it that way, or pulled the firing pin (striker) and extractor and in some cases (Remington pattern) plunger ejector to check headspace with gages. This especially with a set of headspace gages for match rifles by thousandths not just go/no go/field but to determine chamber depth or to check for a .223 chamber or a 5.56 chamber. Again almost exclusively in a bolt action. I've done it in single shots and break actions but that's trivial.
What's the story in a Modern Sporting Rifle or AR when everything is put together with no firing pin?
I've heard it's a bad idea and the implication was it's a pain to correct the mistake - the firing pin aligns some parts - but I've never tried it and don't know what happens.
My clear understanding and practice is that with many bolt action rifles it is a good idea to pull the striker (or striker assembly with spring or bolt sleeve) to say run ammunition through the action as before a hunting trip especially a once in a lifetime Africa or Alaska trip.
I've done it that way, or pulled the firing pin (striker) and extractor and in some cases (Remington pattern) plunger ejector to check headspace with gages. This especially with a set of headspace gages for match rifles by thousandths not just go/no go/field but to determine chamber depth or to check for a .223 chamber or a 5.56 chamber. Again almost exclusively in a bolt action. I've done it in single shots and break actions but that's trivial.
What's the story in a Modern Sporting Rifle or AR when everything is put together with no firing pin?