Gunsmith,

As I have written before, replacing the pin is not the standard of care. The pin is not likely to wear, given its hardness. The hook is the point of wear, and the point of repair. Pushing out a pin, boring oversize, fabricating a pin, hardening, pressing a pin in, engraving and coloring is not the practical or practiced repair. You folk must speak with some smiths that do this frequently. They dovetail the hook.

Phil