Reeder Custom Guns - This stuff works very well. I made some firing pins

WB
This stuff works very well. I made some firing pins
Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 08:11

for a Spanish box lock 10 ga. from stainless steel. They did not peen and worked well for me. I learned a lot. My gunsmith friend teaching me used "iron wire" to hold the pieces while we heated them up and coated them.

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Flat nose tool for 32 caliber bullets? - Keith, 2024-01-14, 16:24
- Making one that would slice off the nose of a jacketed - Gary Reeder, 2024-01-15, 10:34
  - They’re plated not FMJ (nm) - Keith, 2024-01-17, 16:04
  - You have to use a file and if the tool isn't hardened - Jim Taylor, 2024-01-15, 10:39
- I made one for the 9mm - Jim Taylor, 2024-01-14, 17:59
  - Great idea, how did you harden it? (nm) - Darryl T., 2024-01-15, 11:50
    - I haven't. I will case harden it though. - Jim Taylor, 2024-01-15, 12:51
      - This stuff works very well. I made some firing pins - WB, 2024-01-16, 08:11
  - I made some pointed mandrel to insert from the top - WB, 2024-01-14, 19:31
    - I have a letter from an old timer - Jim Taylor, 2024-01-14, 20:25