The barrel hook is softer than the hardened hinge pin, the barrel hook will wear long before the hinge pins.........so to replace hinge pins will NOT put a worn gun back on face......
The barrel hook remains worn because it is softer and the gun will not be back on face until the barrel hook is EITHER replaced or welded up........and that's the way it is done period...........around the world, maybe not in Maine, but everywhere else I know of...........
You can put five or six new hinge pins in and still be shooting a loose lump............!.........
