Posted on 07/02/2012 2:10:35 PM PDT by marktwain
This video was made to show how easy it would be to make a gun fire using only a nail without having to harden it. I wouldn't recommend this nail to be used for repeated use without hardening.
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My Uncle made a nail firing pin for an old single barrel shotgun. I used it quite a bit back during the 60s. As far as I know, it never gave any trouble.
A grinder should take off the micorstamp.
You would have to be very precise, scientifically precise, to remove it without changing the pin depth and causing misfires (or worse, partially struck primer that could go off any time). Especially on modern, high tolerance firearms.
Or you could buy a dozen or so spare pins right now. Just saying’.
Grinder, hell! Two passes with fine grain sandpaper ought to do it.
That would be my choice. Shadetree gunsmithing only in desperation.
If a partially struck primer doesn’t go off when it is hit.
It well not go off latter by its self.
Fill it in with brazing then buff.
There ought to be a market for replacement pins stamped with
“2nd Amendment”
or the
“Don’t Tread on Me” logo
or various other expressions or gestures of disdain for Federal abuse of the Constitution.
Well, using the inevitable logic of the fedz, they will just have to force the nail manufacturers to microstamp all their products.
You would have to be very precise, scientifically precise, to remove it without changing the pin depth and causing misfires (or worse, partially struck primer that could go off any time). Especially on modern, high tolerance firearms.
It would still be more precise than a nail.
Holy hardware Batman ping!
With a little trial and error you could harden the nail to make it more functional.
Bottom line: microstamping is so easily defeated it’s not even funny – and clearly just another scam to put in place gun registration.
Aren’t concrete nails hardened?
Aren’t concrete nails hardened? But then, only in New York right?
I have no idea what the ideal hardness or material for firing pins is but am certain they don’t need to be so hard as to be brittle.
Some nails might very well be close enough to work.
But we’re talking NYC right? Or New York state?
It would not be too difficult to harden a lot of nails. You could probably case harden them enough to be usable.
If you do not harden them, and they only work for a hundred shots, it is more than most criminals would use in a decade.
I’ve seen several web sites that shows how to build your own gun. Some were quite fancy. I guess it’s the ammo you need to get and some states are so restrictive on purchase.
Firearms technologies starts with basic 15th century blacksmithing. It is pretty easy stuff.
Millions of American garages and basements contain the tooling to produce simple and effective firearms.
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