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Posted: 9/5/2002 4:04:12 PM EDT
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Any feedback on titanium firing pins in a BM? Pros/Cons? Gracias... |
groups.msn.com/TheMarylandAR15ShootersSite/theseriousar.msnw |
| Titanium firing pins are meant to reduce lock time and reduce the chances of a slam fire. They might be fine in a custom built bolt action tack driver but in an AR (even a match grade one) it probably won't make much of a difference. The downside to titanium firing pins is that if it pierces the primer the firing pin will get burnt/pitted unless you reload and use harder primers. |
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"Titanium Nitride" is NOT the same as a "Titanium" component. One is a coating, and the other referrs to the material from which it is made.. The goldish coating one sees on a "Titanium Nitride" part IS the "Titanium Nitride", and not the base metal (almost universally a tool steel) The fad with Titanium components still amuses me.. Titanium may be more corrosion resistant, but it's wear tendencies in reciprocating motions is decidely inferior to tool steel.. (As trivia, a notoriously long lasting firing pin was created for the Springfield Trapdoor, made from Beryllium Copper..) One cannot buy accuracy. Practice does that. One cannot take a lazy shooter, hand them a fully dressed National Match rifle, and have them shoot perfect scores. Meplat- |
Odds are that Beryllium Copper came from the Brush Wellman Plant that processes it in Elmore OH. They also once made a BeCu lower for the Bill of Rights model that Olympic was selling back in '91. BeCu is not really well suited for a lower due to massive cost of manufacturing cause by the properties of it. If you are into mountain biking they made a bike out of it that weighed ~6lbs with tires, only cost around $30K to make it!! 
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