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Firing Pin

Strikes the primer.

Also called

  • striker
10

Arms it fits

10

Documented parts

None today

In stock now

2

Names recorded

Identification

Notes on the firing pin are still at the bench

Identification notes are written one part at a time, from pieces Butch has had in hand — so this section fills in as he works through the vocabulary rather than all at once. If you are trying to identify a firing pin you already own, he answers those directly at butch@butchsantiquegunparts.com.

Vocabulary

Other names for the firing pin

1 recorded

The same component has been called different things by different makers, manuals and trades. Each term is printed with whatever is recorded about where it comes from.

  • striker

Fits

Firing Pin by model

10 arms
Dutch Beaumont Rifle Firing Pin1 documented variantKrag Rifle Firing Pin1 documented variantMauser Firing Pin1 documented variantRemington Rolling Block Firing Pin1 documented variantRolling Block Rifle Firing Pin1 documented variantSharps Carbine And Rifle Firing Pin1 documented variantSpencer Rifle And Carbine Firing Pin1 documented variantU.S. .45-70 Trapdoor Springfield Firing Pin1 documented variantU.S. Krag Rifle Firing Pin1 documented variantWinchester Firing Pin1 documented variant

Will it fit

No interchange recorded yet

Butch Schoeller writes these notes only from parts he has handled. A blank section means nothing has been checked yet — not that everything fits.

From the bench

Availability

Nothing of this type is listed at the moment. Most of this catalog is one-of-a-kind, so stock turns over item by item rather than being restocked — posting a wanted listing is the reliable route, and aggregated requests are what tell Butch which parts to make next.

The reference

Documented examples

10 entries

Dutch Beaumont Rifle Parts Firing Pin

Dutch Beaumont Rifle

Krag Rifle Parts Firing Pin

Krag Rifle

Mauser Parts Firing Pin

Mauser

Remington Rolling Block Parts Firing Pin

Remington Rolling Block

Rolling Block Rifle Parts Firing Pin

Rolling Block Rifle

Sharps Carbine And Rifle Parts Firing Pin

Sharps Carbine And Rifle

Spencer Rifle And Carbine Parts Firing Pin

Spencer Rifle And Carbine

U.S. 45 70 Trapdoor Springfield Firing Pin

U.S. .45-70 Trapdoor Springfield

U.S. Krag Rifle Parts Firing Pin

U.S. Krag Rifle

Winchester Parts Firing Pin

Winchester

Check it yourself

Sources

12 sources

Period and institutional material relevant to this entry. Listed so it can be checked, not as decoration — nothing here has been through expert review yet.

  1. 1.A course of instruction in ordnance and gunnery : TextMetcalfe, Henry, b. 1847 · New York : John Wiley & Sons · University of California Libraries · 1891
  2. 2.Manual of instruction in ordnance and gunnery for the U.S. Naval Training ServiceUnited States. Bureau of Naval Personnel; Hunker, John Jacob, 1844-1916; Hussey, Charles Lincoln; Osborn, Robert Hatfield · Washington, [D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. · Cornell University Library · 1900
  3. 3.Biennial report of the Adjutant General of the State of West Virginia for the years...West Virginia. Adjutant General's Office · Charleston [W. Va.] : Moses W. Donnelly, Public Printer · West Virginia University Libraries · 1889
  4. 4.Ammunition : instructions for the naval service, 1923United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance · Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office · Library of the Marine Corps · 1923
  5. 5.Handbook of the 3.8-inch howitzer matériel, model of 1915 : with instructions for its careUnited States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Washington [D.C.] : G.P.O. · University of California Libraries · 1916
  6. 6.The Driggs-Schroeder system of rapid-fire guns; guns, mounts, ammunitionAmerican Ordnance Company · [Baltimore, Deutsch lithographing & printing company] · Smithsonian Libraries · 1896
  7. 7.Gunnery instructions, U. S. Navy, 1913United States. Navy Dept · Washington · University of California Libraries · 1918
  8. 8.Ordnance and gunnery; a text-book prepared for the cadets of the United States military academy, West PointLissak, Ormond Mitchell · New York : J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · University of California Libraries · 1907
  9. 9.Handbook of artillery : including mobile, anti-aircraft and trench matérielUnited States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Washington [D.C.] : G.P.O. · University of California Libraries · 1920
  10. 10.Handbook of artillery : including mobile, anti-aircraft and trench matérielUnited States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Washington [D.C.] : G.P.O. · Cornell University Library · 1920
  11. 11.Manual of instruction in ordnance and gunnery for the U.S. Naval Training ServiceUnited States. Bureau of Naval Personnel; Hunker, John Jacob, 1844-1916; Hussey, Charles Lincoln; Osborn, Robert Hatfield · Washington, [D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. · University of California Libraries · 1900
  12. 12.Handbook of the 4.7-inch gun matériel, model of 1906 : with instructions for its care, November 19, 1910United States. Army. Ordnance Dept · Washington [D.C.] : G.P.O. · University of California Libraries · 1917

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