I woke up early today and headed out to the shop with my just received 1885 Low Wall.
This rifle started life as a RF in 32 SHORT and I need to convert it to CF for a reline and chamber in 32-20
And I also needed to repair a nasty job someone did on the firing pin retainer screw.
I'll be writing a whole article with loads of pictures on my web site later today.
But here is how it turned out:
Going into this I knew the firing pin would not be centered on the primer once I finished. I'm surprised the RF pin hit the cartridge as the breech block sits quite low in the receiver.
Once I reassembled the rifle I threw a 32 Short Colt in the chamber with a live primer to see if it went bang....No Joy!
And it appears to me I'm going to have to make a new link to get the breech block higher and the firing pin centered...Am I correct here?
Are links available in various lengths or will I need to make one? If available, from who?
Here is a before and after of the firing pin retainer screw:
I bored it out and used a 1/4-28 bolt as an insert. I had to drill and tap a hole for a 6-48 screw. This was a challeng as the hole needed to be drilled ay an angle to clear the firing pin and not bind.
Once a bit of blending with 220g sandpaper...don't look to bad!
Any help on the link issue is much appreciated.