I SHOT ONE OF MY HAMMER GUNS (A THOS. JACKSON LONDON UNDERLEVER) YESTERDAY AT SKEET; EVERY PRIMER WAS PIERCED BY THE FIRING PINS--BOTH BARRELS. AND THEY HUNG UP WHEN OPENING/ AND SOMETIMES CLOSING THE GUN. SO I FINISHED THE ROUND AND WHEN I GOT HOME, I REMOVED THE NIPPLES AND STRIKERS, CLEANED BOTH AND REPLACED THE SPRINGS (WHICH WERE ALMOST TOTALLY HOSED).
WITHOUT SHORTENING THE STRIKERS, I'M SURE THEY WILL STILL PUNCTURE THE PRIMERS. SO, ONE QUESTION: REMOVE MATERIAL FROM THE FRONT OR BACK END?
SECOND QUESTION: WHEN MAKING NEW STRIKERS, I THINK I WOULD USE SOMETHING LIKE 1080 OR 0-1 AND HARDEN ONLY THE FRONT END (TO MITIGATE DAMAGE TO THE HAMMERS)? OR BOTH ENDS?
THIRD QUESTION: WOULD THE INTERNAL PART (LARGER DIAMETER THAN THE TWO ENDS--TO LIMIT ITS TRAVEL) BE SEPARATELY MADE AND THEN TIGGED ONTO THE STRIKER OR SHOULD THEY ALL BE TURNED FROM THE SAME PIECE OF ROUNDSTOCK?
THANKS! GIL
