Taylor 1873 Firing Pin Extension

[Tall John]

Curious to learn if anyone has installed one of these, was it a drop-in, and if it worked as desired or caused any problems?

 

I have a Taylor .357m 1873 Comancherro that doesn’t like some primers.

 

https://www.taylorsfirearms.com/1873-firing-pin-extension-par-u0240067.html

[Boggus Deal #64218]

That’s just a factory replacement part. It should just drop right in but unless there is a problem with your original one, it won’t solve your issue. Too short a firing pin, light mainspring or something else is your problem.

 

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

You need a stronger hammer spring.

 

[Tall John]

18 minutes ago, Boggus Deal #64218 said:

That’s just a factory replacement part. It should just drop right in but unless there is a problem with your original one, it won’t solve your issue. Too short a firing pin, light mainspring or something else is your problem.

 

it is about 1/16th” longer than the one in my rifle is why I’m wondering if this would help.

 

i don’t have a big issue, my rifle just doesn’t like CCI primers.

 

 

Edited December 7, 2024 by Tall John

[Boggus Deal #64218]

Then it sounds like someone has dinked with yours. 

[Tall John]

It’s a Taylor Comanchero which is factory slicked.

 

’could it be the depth I’m priming my cases? 

[Boggus Deal #64218]

It sounds to me, as OLG and I mentioned, stronger hammer spring. Tighten up the strain screw a 1/4 turn or two.

CCI primers are known on here to be harder to set off than all the other brands.

[Garrison Joe, SASS #60708]

42 minutes ago, Tall John said:

could it be the depth I’m priming my cases? 

 

Never seat primers intentionally HIGH, or any deeper than flush or a couple of thousandths of an inch below the top edge of the primer pocket.  Then you don't have to worry about feeding/chambering high primer cases, or crushing the priming pellet in the primer, or about a good Firing Pin not being able to set it off.    So, NO,  high or deep seating are never a good idea.  Fix the gun to work with flush-seated primers! 

 

Your gun can be fit with a slightly longer firing pin by a good gunsmith, or even can be DIY if you know how to file to the proper FP protrusion and shape, IF that is what is needed.  But check your hammer(main) spring tension first - it's just an adjustment.

 

good luck, GJ

Edited December 7, 2024 by Garrison Joe, SASS #60708

[Tall John]

Thanks Guys!

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

Have you read this thread?  Simple solution, do not use CCI primers.

 

 

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

2 hours ago, Boggus Deal #64218 said:

It sounds to me, as OLG and I mentioned, stronger hammer spring. Tighten up the strain screw a 1/4 turn or two.

CCI primers are known on here to be harder to set off than all the other brands.

THIS!

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

3 hours ago, Boggus Deal #64218 said:

Tighten up the strain screw a 1/4 turn or two.

Probably a typo.  Maybe a 1/4 turn or 1/2.  Two would make levering noticeably more difficult.

[Boggus Deal #64218]

5 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

Probably a typo.  Maybe a 1/4 turn or 1/2.  Two would make levering noticeably more difficult.

1 or 2 quarter turns.

[Eyesa Horg]

6 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

Probably a typo.  Maybe a 1/4 turn or 1/2.  Two would make levering noticeably more difficult.

Two 1/4 turns would be half a turn.

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

I was always of the opinion that if your guns won't reliably set off Winchester primers they are not tuned correctly.  However, people insist on setting up their guns so they only set off Federal primers.  So I see no point in trying to change their minds and try to respond with that in mind.  OP have you checked firing pin protrusion?  You should have about .055" of protrusion.  The after market pins are longer so they can be fitted to provide the proper protrusion.  In the good old days some firing pin extensions came with an extension on the front to give more firing pin protrusion.  With longer firing pins being on the market I have not seen these in a while.

 

 

Uberti firing pins are very blunt.  Sometimes all that is needed is to make it more pointed.  Stock on the left, reshaped on the right.

 

 

One caveat to this whole primer situation.  Federal, CCI and Remington are all owned by the same company.  The primers are used across all product lines and as we all know profits are the number one priority.  For example, shotgun shells that were premium before the pandemic are now junk.  Each year at the Grand National there are people who test the shells used at the Grand.  I.e., hull quality, shot hardness, powder types and primers.  They have varied dramatically the past few years.  The fact that a primer was good five years ago may not mean it will be good next year.  For example here is some advertising for the "new" CCI primers.  Note it says they are more sensitive.  Who knows.

 

 

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