tbarker13 Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) Mine was happening with the Gen3 piring pin and the Gen 4 firing pin. In fact, the Gen 4 firing pin locked up almost every time. I think it's the shape of the pin. But i just put a regular wolf firing pin spring in the gun and the problem seems - so far- to be gone. Now, the question is what impact it will have on ignition. The firing pin spring in my gun was cut to about 60 percent of the size of a regular spring. Edited May 30, 2015 by tbarker13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Money Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I have a tiny, cut down EG light FP spring. The EG FP never gets stuck. I got a Gen 4 Henning FP today and over a few hours of dryfire pulls it never got suck once. This is with a polished (but no material removed) extended FP block from LRA. The Henning Gen 3 would get stuck often, with any FP block and spring combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I heard henning was trading up pins... if so might do that. The firing pin return spring is the factory one, uncut. Also a quick shout out for Last Round Armament. They have shipped out the replacement back plate already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I am going to stick with the Generation 3 firing pin from Henning. Trade up or not, I am not impressed with the Gen 4 firing pin. WJM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 I heard henning was trading up pins... if so might do that. Curious what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SISIG Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I am going to stick with the Generation 3 firing pin from Henning. Trade up or not, I am not impressed with the Gen 4 firing pin. WJM Please elaborate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdub Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I just went through the stuck firing pin as well in my new Stock II. I installed a Henning XL firing pin and EG Light Firing Pin Return Spring. Plus a LRA Extra Long FPB safety. I tried every combo with the parts I have and the only combo I could get to work is with the factory firing pin. I could even get the Henning firing pin to stick during install without dry firing the gun. That leads me to believe it's the firing pin. Whats everbody think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 I'm leaning more toward the spring. The clipped spring definitely is an issue. Once I switched to the regular wolf spring, the issue seems to have gone away. Seems that the pin just needs more resistance to avoid going too far down the channel and gettting stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Except mine stuck with an uncut factory spring and the hennng pin. Lost the back plate (firing pin retainer I think in tanfo speak) when it stuck during competition. It now sports the factory pin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdub Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Mine stuck with an uncut factory spring as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I am going to stick with the Generation 3 firing pin from Henning. Trade up or not, I am not impressed with the Gen 4 firing pin. WJM Please elaborate In my Stock 2 9mm I was running the Generation 4 firing pin. Ran it with Winchester Small pistol, and CCI Small Pistol. Had 2 light strikes out of 40 rounds of each primer in double action. Granted I know these are hard primers and they are practice ammo not match ammo, but while I was at the range I traded back to a Henning XL Generation 3 and the gun ran flawless in double action. I tested 60 rounds Double Action to see if it was the firing pin, and I can confirm the only difference was the Generation 3 vs Generation 4. WJM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SISIG Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I am going to stick with the Generation 3 firing pin from Henning. Trade up or not, I am not impressed with the Gen 4 firing pin. WJM Please elaborate In my Stock 2 9mm I was running the Generation 4 firing pin. Ran it with Winchester Small pistol, and CCI Small Pistol. Had 2 light strikes out of 40 rounds of each primer in double action. Granted I know these are hard primers and they are practice ammo not match ammo, but while I was at the range I traded back to a Henning XL Generation 3 and the gun ran flawless in double action. I tested 60 rounds Double Action to see if it was the firing pin, and I can confirm the only difference was the Generation 3 vs Generation 4. WJM Good to know, maybe the extra wieght of the Gen 3 helps. My Gen 4 has been good last 700rounds WSP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I am going to stick with the Generation 3 firing pin from Henning. Trade up or not, I am not impressed with the Gen 4 firing pin. WJM Please elaborate In my Stock 2 9mm I was running the Generation 4 firing pin. Ran it with Winchester Small pistol, and CCI Small Pistol. Had 2 light strikes out of 40 rounds of each primer in double action. Granted I know these are hard primers and they are practice ammo not match ammo, but while I was at the range I traded back to a Henning XL Generation 3 and the gun ran flawless in double action. I tested 60 rounds Double Action to see if it was the firing pin, and I can confirm the only difference was the Generation 3 vs Generation 4. WJM Good to know, maybe the extra wieght of the Gen 3 helps. My Gen 4 has been good last 700rounds WSP. Yes for all small pistol primers I have used the Gen 4 has worked. However I like it to smash any small rifle, so when I get to a match there is absolutely no question in my mind that it will set off a Federal Winchester or CCI Small Pistol. WJM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prov1x Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) I am going to stick with the Generation 3 firing pin from Henning. Trade up or not, I am not impressed with the Gen 4 firing pin. WJM Please elaborate In my Stock 2 9mm I was running the Generation 4 firing pin. Ran it with Winchester Small pistol, and CCI Small Pistol. Had 2 light strikes out of 40 rounds of each primer in double action. Granted I know these are hard primers and they are practice ammo not match ammo, but while I was at the range I traded back to a Henning XL Generation 3 and the gun ran flawless in double action. I tested 60 rounds Double Action to see if it was the firing pin, and I can confirm the only difference was the Generation 3 vs Generation 4. WJM Good to know, maybe the extra wieght of the Gen 3 helps. My Gen 4 has been good last 700rounds WSP. Yes for all small pistol primers I have used the Gen 4 has worked. However I like it to smash any small rifle, so when I get to a match there is absolutely no question in my mind that it will set off a Federal Winchester or CCI Small Pistol. WJM WJM, it looks like your post are contradicting each other as you stated it has worked with all "small pistol primers" in both posts..but had 2 light strikes with them as well? Edited June 1, 2015 by Prov1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 You're right my apologies. Just to clarify, I had light strikes with Winchester And CCI small RIFLE primers. Traded back to the Gen 3, no issues at all. To the best of my knowledge the gen 4 firing pin works for all Small PISTOL primers. WJM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Last night, I switched to the combination of the Gen 4 firing pin and EG light firing pin spring. Seems to be working. Or, at least, the firing pin hasn't gotten stuck yet. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayougump Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I'm impressed with gen4 FP from Henning, it's worked like a charm in both my Stock III's and stock II's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Have only used mine in Dry fire since installing. But will be taking it to the range this afternoon if the rain holds off. I've also installed one of the titan hammers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waktasz Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I had that problem every once in a while when dryfiring, although the newest gen Henning pin seems to have fixed it completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waktasz Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I have a tiny, cut down EG light FP spring. The EG FP never gets stuck. I got a Gen 4 Henning FP today and over a few hours of dryfire pulls it never got suck once. This is with a polished (but no material removed) extended FP block from LRA. The Henning Gen 3 would get stuck often, with any FP block and spring combo. yep. Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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