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Just realized a $40 set of pin gauges beats my old feeler gauge method for checking firing pin protrusion
The gauges give a solid go/no-go check in under a minute, no more squinting at thousandths. Anyone have a better method for checking on older revolvers?
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murray.robert5mo ago
Just shim the hammer with a feeler gauge for a quick check on those older models.
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anthony7635mo ago
My old S&W Model 10 taught me the feeler gauge method is a guessing game. The pin gauges are a cheat code for consistency. I should have bought them years ago.
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kelly.troy5mo ago
That Model 10 cylinder gap is a perfect example. You can get a 0.006 feeler in there, but is it dragging or just kissing? Pin gauges remove the arm strength variable. I set my K-frame at 0.005 and it's the same reading every single time, no guesswork. It turned a frustrating process into a thirty second check.
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