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Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin. Hagen #146668 05/06/09 01:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,854 Likes: 118 Eastern Pa David Williamson Sidelock
David Williamson Sidelock Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,854 Likes: 118 Eastern Pa	There are color charts on the net to compare your part to in both hardening and for drawing it back. I do agree that controlled heat is the best way, but in small parts a torch, propane or map gas will do it and has done it. The firing pins on L.C. Smiths were chrome vanadium and an alternate material was SAE 1050-1055. David

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Hagen	05/01/09 12:45 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Silvers	05/01/09 12:53 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Jim Legg	05/01/09 03:10 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Hagen	05/01/09 03:24 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	David Williamson	05/01/09 03:46 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Rocketman	05/01/09 04:00 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Joe Wood	05/01/09 04:35 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Rocketman	05/01/09 04:44 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Hammergun	05/01/09 08:28 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Hagen	05/01/09 08:44 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	SDH-MT	05/01/09 08:54 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Dan Printz	05/01/09 09:21 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	David Williamson	05/01/09 10:02 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	2-piper	05/01/09 11:41 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Rocketman	05/02/09 02:13 AM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Hagen	05/02/09 02:55 AM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Nitro Express	05/02/09 10:56 AM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Cody	05/02/09 01:29 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Rocketman	05/06/09 02:31 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	David Williamson	05/06/09 05:50 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Jim Meili	05/06/09 09:18 PM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Rocketman	05/07/09 02:42 AM
Re: Tips on hardening a firing pin.	Hagen	05/21/09 03:02 AM

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