bountyhunter Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 (edited) No, I'm sure the current production stock firing pins are titanium. I just went downstairs and opened up a factory pin I recently ordered. It is extremely light and doesn't stick to a magnet. I'm sure it's Ti. OK, well all the ones I have ever worked were cheap MIM steel so they were not brand new production stock. Not sure what prompted them to go to titanium, I assume they were having failures. Does SW give the better pins out if you call and beg for them? Just curious, I'd like the Ti pin better because of lighter weight but don't really want to buy any more FP's. Edited December 5, 2007 by bountyhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 (edited) First I replaced the factory pin with a C&S Extended pin, fixed the problem until the C&S pin broke. That's exactly why I've been consistently warning people against the junk C&S pins for several years. I bought several when they first came out with them. Haven't broken one yet, but not one of them worked without modification. They all had mold flash or burrs and they dragged in the FP channel requiring rework. All extended far enough out at rest to drag on the primers, and all had to be filed to allow them to go farther back into the frame. They really were absolute junk, I thought they might have fixed them by now.haven't bought any lately, so I don't know if they did. Edited December 5, 2007 by bountyhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imashooter2 Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 (edited) I bought several when they first came out with them. Haven't broken one yet, but not one of them worked without modification. They all had mold flash or burrs and they dragged in the FP channel requiring rework. All extended far enough out at rest to drag on the primers, and all had to be filed to allow them to go farther back into the frame. They really were absolute junk, I thought they might have fixed them by now.haven't bought any lately, so I don't know if they did. Mine was bought this year and it dropped right in. No flash or burrs and it didn't extend past the recoil shield at rest. I was perfectly happy with it right up until... Edited December 6, 2007 by imashooter2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom E Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I've installed 3 C&S firing pins. Had all 3 break. Guess that makes me a slow learner. I am curious to see if the .495" long titanium S&W pin can be improved upon. We could definitely use a lighter firing pin spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10mmdave Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I've installed 3 C&S firing pins. Had all 3 break. Guess that makes me a slow learner. I am curious to see if the .495" long titanium S&W pin can be improved upon. We could definitely use a lighter firing pin spring. Sorry to hear that Tom, was this 3 pins in the same gun ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom E Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I've installed 3 C&S firing pins. Had all 3 break. Guess that makes me a slow learner. I am curious to see if the .495" long titanium S&W pin can be improved upon. We could definitely use a lighter firing pin spring. Sorry to hear that Tom, was this 3 pins in the same gun ? 2 in 1. 1 in another. One gun got 2 because I thought the first failure was a fluke. Wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10mmdave Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I've installed 3 C&S firing pins. Had all 3 break. Guess that makes me a slow learner. I am curious to see if the .495" long titanium S&W pin can be improved upon. We could definitely use a lighter firing pin spring. Sorry to hear that Tom, was this 3 pins in the same gun ? 2 in 1. 1 in another. One gun got 2 because I thought the first failure was a fluke. Wrong. Again, sorry that happened. It's strange how some last and some don't. Let's hope Randy's new firing pin cures all our ignition problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Dang I read this and thought it was one of them Spam adds for "Fireing Pin ..Too Small"? Take this pill and you wife will thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slflr Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Dang I read this and thought it was one of them Spam adds for "Fireing Pin ..Too Small"? Take this pill and you wife will thank you. I've been waiting almost a week for someone to point that out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom E Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Dang I read this and thought it was one of them Spam adds for "Fireing Pin ..Too Small"? Take this pill and you wife will thank you. I've been waiting almost a week for someone to point that out A phrase you've heard too often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Dang I read this and thought it was one of them Spam adds for "Fireing Pin ..Too Small"? Take this pill and you wife will thank you. I've been waiting almost a week for someone to point that out A phrase you've heard too often? My wife was going ballistic for a while because I order ammo and gun parts using her AOL account which is in her name.... and the sellers sell name lists to others who sell "related products"..... well, apparrently they think having a tiny weenie and a limp one is a common affliction among gun shooters because she started getting an inbox full of offers for Viagra and penis enlargers. She called me over and showed me one of the e-mails, this was the title line: Ann Malone, Do You Want a Larger penis? I only hope a computer sent this automatically, I'd hate to think any human was stupid enough to write that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Maybe they were going to offer to send a larger one over for ...small fee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Maybe they were going to offer to send a larger one over for ...small fee I get it... you mean one that's still attached to the young guy who owns it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Maybe they were going to offer to send a larger one over for ...small fee I get it... you mean one that's still attached to the young guy who owns it. No NO I don't mean any -thing I?...was? ...just? asking if that was the offer. How -LONG did she stay on the computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom E Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Maybe they were going to offer to send a larger one over for ...small fee I get it... you mean one that's still attached to the young guy who owns it. No NO I don't mean any -thing I?...was? ...just? asking if that was the offer. How -LONG did she stay on the computer? Apparently her dating service is very accomodating. No shortcomings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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