From what I understood, if a cross pin is removable, you want it to take the wear (instead of the lump). CC hardening it would not allow this to happen.
OWD
NO......on
quality guns the hinge pins are always hardened so they are slick and cannot gall.....the barrel hook turns, not the hinge pin.......the barrel hook is the wear item and takes what minimal wear there is, provided it is fitted properly.......and should adjustment be required, the barrel hook is the part made of a softer steel and is usually welded and filed to fit...........which is the proper way....!.....
By increasing the size of a replacement hinge pin to compensate for wear and slop, you are just slowly ruining the barrel hook and monobloc......which needs to be repaired.......
People put too much grease on the hinge pin, which ends up collecting dirt and powder and makes a real nice grinding wheel.........then they wonder why the hooks wear out............duh..........
BTW.....
it is called a barrel hook, not a lump.......
