Best thing to clean out firing pin hole?? My HP

ChrisG
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Saturday, March 16, 2019, 05:59 (2576 days ago)

has had a light primer strike issue recently and I think it's probably due to a gunky firing pin hole. The pin is hard to push (compared to my FM Detective and 1911), and the hammer does not always push the pin all the way in when at rest. Should I start by running a small patch through it, or blow it out with an aerosol cleaner, pipe cleaner? And should the FP be run dry or lubed? I'm switching to jacketed bullets to keep this thing cleaner. . .Thanks!

Sounds like you are on the righ track

WB
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Saturday, March 16, 2019, 06:49 (2576 days ago) @ ChrisG

The HP has an inertia firing pin, that is the hammer does not "move" it all the way in. Inertia finishes the job. This helps prevent it from going off if dropped on the hammer, by design. The HP is not without fault, while started by John Browning it was finished by a Frenchman. The Hammer Spring is a little devil of a device and influences too much for my liking. You actually "bend" it to adjust some characteristics of trigger pull. Too light and you can get light strikes and "Hammer follow" where the sear does not engage the hammer notch and it follows the slide in a malfunction.

I had mine set to a certain pull and it "went back" with time. Very odd to me. I find the tuning of the HP needing a very skilled effort with complete understanding.

I find that my ultrasonic cleaner does

Sid R
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Saturday, March 16, 2019, 07:14 (2576 days ago) @ ChrisG

A fantastic job of of cleaning. I field strip my pistols and clean the barrels like normal. Then heat the unit and throw the thing in for 20 minutes. The cleaner I use also has a corrosion inhibitors. When done blow off with compressed air. I lightly oil with a CLP and or grease where appropriate. Wipe or blow off easy excess. I just started doing this for others for a fee or trade. I just traded one cleaning for a co worker and he made me a loading stand for my Ruger Old Army's. He has a side business in furniture jewelry boxes and such.

Hmm. . .may be aout time to invest in one.

ChrisG
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Saturday, March 16, 2019, 08:05 (2576 days ago) @ Sid R

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Which cleaner do you use Sid?

SPB
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Saturday, March 16, 2019, 08:15 (2576 days ago) @ Sid R

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Sorry I got back late to ya.

Sid R
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Saturday, March 16, 2019, 12:31 (2576 days ago) @ SPB

I was at my lodge cooking and setting up for a wake of one of our members wives who passed from cancer. She was an awesome lady and put up a heck of a fight. I respected her toughness.

Back on subject I use the Hornady one shot I believe. I have a 9 quart RCBS sonic cleaner. Perfect for pistols and brass. I've used it on car parts an such too. Most of the time a few drops of dawn and distilled water work too. You can buy much cheaper Chinese sonic cleaners from eBay but I don't. Probably why I'm broke. Lol. Beer budget and champagne taste.

Thank you, sorry about your friend.

SPB
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Saturday, March 16, 2019, 16:41 (2575 days ago) @ Sid R

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