Posted: 3/11/2015 5:59:42 PM EDT
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In a moment of stupidity I purchased a RG 25 auto needing work. The firing pin is broken, imagine that. Maybe a previous owner did it on purpose?
Anyway it's an easy fix on the lathe. Question I have is should I bother? Didn't realize how bad these were thought of and looked up a different brand before before purchase. Fix or throw away? Not going to bother taking a picture. |
| I have a Raven .25 that a dim-witted buddy of mine broke the firing pin on through repeated dry firing. That was probably 15 years ago. I bought it second hand 30+ years ago for about $35. Even though replacements are only about $20 - I'm not sure it's even worth the money to fix something I'll never use. It's just a shiny little pot metal POS. But it always did run reliably the few times I shot it. |
| Thanks for the replies. Guessing repeated dry firing broke the pin. I have little less than half a box to try it out. Hate to spend what would be the value of the gun on a box of ammo. Will keep my eyes open for some cheap ammo and try it out with the stuff I have some day. It is kind of cool being so small. |
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I have a Raven .25 that a dim-witted buddy of mine broke the firing pin on through repeated dry firing. That was probably 15 years ago. I bought it second hand 30+ years ago for about $35. Even though replacements are only about $20 - I'm not sure it's even worth the money to fix something I'll never use. It's just a shiny little pot metal POS. But it always did run reliably the few times I shot it. I fixed one for a co-worker recently. I'm pretty sure the $18 firing pin I installed was well over the original manufacturing cost of the gun. |
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Do you remember how much firing pin protrusion the new pin had?
I stuck the broken pin in the lathe and drilled/tapped for a 4-40 screw. Used red loctite and peened the screw inside the firing pin. Turned down the excess to .08 diameter and about .250 length. The stick out may be excessive. Noticed it also serves as the ejector. Have not tried it yet. |
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Do you remember how much firing pin protrusion the new pin had? I stuck the broken pin in the lathe and drilled/tapped for a 4-40 screw. Used red loctite and peened the screw inside the firing pin. Turned down the excess to .08 diameter and about .250 length. The stick out may be excessive. Noticed it also serves as the ejector. Have not tried it yet. Didn't measure, but in hindsight I'd estimate almost 1/4". I remember thinking it looked like an insane amount before calling another friend who had an unbroken Raven and comparing with his. Lots of firing pins for the old junk guns on ebay for $15-$20 if your homebrew replacement doesn't work. |
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Didn't measure, but in hindsight I'd estimate almost 1/4". I remember thinking it looked like an insane amount before calling another friend who had an unbroken Raven and comparing with his. Lots of firing pins for the old junk guns on ebay for $15-$20 if your homebrew replacement doesn't work. Quoted:
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Do you remember how much firing pin protrusion the new pin had? I stuck the broken pin in the lathe and drilled/tapped for a 4-40 screw. Used red loctite and peened the screw inside the firing pin. Turned down the excess to .08 diameter and about .250 length. The stick out may be excessive. Noticed it also serves as the ejector. Have not tried it yet. Didn't measure, but in hindsight I'd estimate almost 1/4". I remember thinking it looked like an insane amount before calling another friend who had an unbroken Raven and comparing with his. Lots of firing pins for the old junk guns on ebay for $15-$20 if your homebrew replacement doesn't work. Well crap, only left about .1 sticking out. Guess if it does not eject well that's the problem. Thanks. |
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Kansas is pretty conservative. I can only remember one buy back that was the city of Wichita. Doubt they will do another. Quoted:
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I'd wait for a gun buy back and then turn it in Kansas is pretty conservative. I can only remember one buy back that was the city of Wichita. Doubt they will do another. If that is true, then disassemble the thing and throw it away. Life is way too short to even spend time thinking about a RG auto, let alone fiddle around with one, and certainly not long enough to spend time trying to fix a broken one. I threw two of them I inherited from my old man off the end of the dock. |