Can't speak for AYA- or any Spanish made side-bys or over-unders- but with LC Smiths, which have a plethora of firing pin designs from the first baker Hammer Syracuse guns to the last hammerless ones made under the Marlin aegis- I consult the dims shown in the 1981 Brophy book first, and as you can easily recock a Smith receiver without having to employ the barrels and forearm (thanks to Alexander "Axle" Brown) I use a block of soft pine wood-placed flush against the standing breech, and dry fire the pins against that to "eyeball' check for penetration-
Y muy buena suerte con su escopeta, compadre!!!!
How-some-ever- both the depth of the rim cuts in the barrel breech, and the make of shell and primer can also make a difference-- Fiocchi shells for some time have earned a reputation of having very hard primers- it is a game of variables-- another aspect of this, IMO anyway, is also the 'post-firing" of live rounds- especially if the gun has selective automatic ejectors-all need to be in proper timing and balance--
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 02/20/12 05:54 PM.
