(I traded a 1911 for a mini-30)
looks like I'm going to have to. I was at a friends house the other day helping him plug holes in his attic to keep squirrels out and he showed me his carbine he never shoots... is broke according to him.
stainless mini-30 ranch from the 90's. He says it will chamber a round but no bang... so I assume the firing pin is broke. Also notice the rear peep sight is broken....
we finish the deal with the attic (I spent 3 hours going up and down a 30ft ladder putting metal over holes) and he wants to know what he owes me and I told him that he didn't owe me anything because I had choosen to not 'work' that day but to just come over and try to help with his problem. So then he says how about we make a trade for the rifle. I had already offered to take it with me and get it fixed. He says how about trading one of those Springfield 1911's you have for it? I figure what the hell, he's a friend and wants a 1911 and I really don't need two, never ever shoot either, so I say sure.
I get the rifle back home and take it apart to clean it and discover the firing pin in not broken... seems fine to me. So, I call him and ask again and he says it would make 'light' dents in the primers but they would not go off... So, I guess that's what it is and not the ammo. Have yet to take it to the range to make sure...
Here's my question. Are the firing pins for the mini-14 and 30s the same? I ask because I have a spare for a mini-14. And do any of you gun smiths know if it really has to be factory installed or installed by a gun smith? The reason I have a spare firing pin is I broke the one on my mini-14 a while back and ordered two and then had a local guy install it.
could light primer strikes be due to dirt and such or does it have to be a 'short / bent' pin?
So, it looks like I now have two mini-30s along with two mini-14s and two PC9s as well as an undisclosed number of other Ruger guns...
looks like I'm going to have to. I was at a friends house the other day helping him plug holes in his attic to keep squirrels out and he showed me his carbine he never shoots... is broke according to him.
stainless mini-30 ranch from the 90's. He says it will chamber a round but no bang... so I assume the firing pin is broke. Also notice the rear peep sight is broken....
we finish the deal with the attic (I spent 3 hours going up and down a 30ft ladder putting metal over holes) and he wants to know what he owes me and I told him that he didn't owe me anything because I had choosen to not 'work' that day but to just come over and try to help with his problem. So then he says how about we make a trade for the rifle. I had already offered to take it with me and get it fixed. He says how about trading one of those Springfield 1911's you have for it? I figure what the hell, he's a friend and wants a 1911 and I really don't need two, never ever shoot either, so I say sure.
I get the rifle back home and take it apart to clean it and discover the firing pin in not broken... seems fine to me. So, I call him and ask again and he says it would make 'light' dents in the primers but they would not go off... So, I guess that's what it is and not the ammo. Have yet to take it to the range to make sure...
Here's my question. Are the firing pins for the mini-14 and 30s the same? I ask because I have a spare for a mini-14. And do any of you gun smiths know if it really has to be factory installed or installed by a gun smith? The reason I have a spare firing pin is I broke the one on my mini-14 a while back and ordered two and then had a local guy install it.
could light primer strikes be due to dirt and such or does it have to be a 'short / bent' pin?
So, it looks like I now have two mini-30s along with two mini-14s and two PC9s as well as an undisclosed number of other Ruger guns...