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For a Crescent .410 Quail Hammerless.
Any ideas on where to find a couple?

You will most likely need to have them made.

Gun parts Corporation lists firing pins for Crescent shotguns but You'll have to contact them to see if they will fit your 410.
Jim



http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/Crescent-33192/Hammerless-35845.htm?page=2

I just ordered two from Gun Parts.
They didn't know if they will fit, we'll see.
Thank you both.
Fred

A lathe is a requirement of life.
Mike

Ain't that the truth!

This is one of my engineer�s toys! The ubiquitous 9X20 Lathe though it lives in an outside workshop so keeping the rust at bay is a full time job. I have had this lathe for some twenty years and is the most accurate and it still works for a living but not as hard.
I do wish I did live on your side of the water because I am sure there is a good paying hobby for some retired entrepreneurial engineer and gun user, just turning out firing pins to order out of the correct material that should last more than a couple of years. Though I do know how hard it can be to be to extract the cash for your work!!!

Damascus, what steel are you using for firing pins? what is your hardening process?

Damascus, I have that same lathe but green. Mine was made by Grizzly.

Not to speak for Damascus but I use drill rod for my firing pins and have not hardened any. I mostly make them for L.C. Smith hammer guns. They have a thin waist .160 and a tip section of .126 and have never had any complaints.

Hi Joe like JDW said I also use �drill rod� though this side of the water it is called �silver steel. I harden the steel in the usual way after turning heat to cherry red then quench it in light oil rather than water doing it this way I find any metal warping is kept to a minimum. Then I draw the temper to deep blue and quench again, this leaves the strikers harder than the un-treated steel and imparts some natural spring to help it cope with impacts. Though some replacement firing pins I have made are extremely thin and also have a waist then I turn them well over size heat treat them which nearly always ends with them warping then bring them to final size using a small tool post grinder. I have used carbide tipped tools to bring then to the final size after hardening but that really depends on the pins size because if they are too small the tool pressure can cause the pin to break. I feel I must add here that grinding in the lathe is a large NO NO unless you take real care not to get grinding grit in the lathe ways and slides.