OK, I got my new Stoeger firing pins from Shotgun Boogie...who has the tool?

[Dapper Dave]

Or is there a "work around" that actually works? No hurry, of course, everything still works just fine. 

[Boggus Deal #64218]

UniqueTek there in Phoenix does. It’s a new product for them. May not be on the website. Call and talk to Lee. Tell him Boggus sent you.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

IIRC, got mine from Brownells.

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Got mine from Long Hunters

 

Note: use these regularly to check the tightness of the keepers.  They tend to back out, just like the screws on your other firearms.

Edited June 28 by Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

In stock....

https://www.longhunt.com/storelh/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=455

[Dapper Dave]

Thank you all, that was exactly what I was looking for, just wasn't sure how to search for it, much appreciated. Boggus, I sent an email to them looking forward to a reply, since they are just up the street from me, as it were. Well, "freeway", to be precise, but who's counting...

Thank you for the extra effort, Lumpy, much obliged.  

[Calico Jack]

1 hour ago, Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 said:

Got mine from Long Hunters

 

Note: use these regularly to check the tightness of the keepers.  They tend to back out, just like the screws on your other firearms.

Anyone who ever reads this thread in the future - listen to this man! Check your screws or suffer the same terrible fate as me! 

[Frontier Lone Rider]

4 hours ago, Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 said:

Got mine from Long Hunters

 

Note: use these regularly to check the tightness of the keepers.  They tend to back out, just like the screws on your other firearms.

 

That is where I got both of mine.

[Frontier Lone Rider]

4 hours ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

In stock....

https://www.longhunt.com/storelh/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=455

 

They used to be $15

[Mossy Horn Gent]

Available at Longhunter, Online Outpost and Pioneer Gunworks. Pretty much the same price everywhere. See who has the best shipping charges. Shipping to AZ was $6.95 at Longhunter, $5.58 at Online Outpost and $7.00 at Pioneer Gunworks

Edited June 29 by Mossy Horn Gent

[Show Me]

You can use two small punches and a flat screwdriver if you don't have tool. 

[Boggus Deal #64218]

8 hours ago, Show Me said:

You can use two small punches and a flat screwdriver if you don't have tool. 

If the bushings aren’t frozen in solid. I have had to remove the stock and use a 6” C-clamp to hold the tool in place to break the bushings loose. They can be in there good.

[Badlands Bob #61228]

8 hours ago, Show Me said:

You can use two small punches and a flat screwdriver if you don't have tool. 

But then you don't get to buy a new tool.☹️

[Jackaroo, # 29989]

LONGHUNTER

[Dapper Dave]

Ya know. I thought it would be bigger...

[Dapper Dave]

Well, I think I did it right, seemed WAY too easy, but virgin dummies show impact marks.

[Dapper Dave]

Its a darn good thing you only need this once! Those are roll pins, already showing damage from being used four times. 

 

Edit to add that I sent this pic to my gunsmith buddy, who instantly asked if I had the receiver clamped and the tool perfectly flat. I said I had the tool flat, but I lack a solid vise, so it was held in front of me. He said though the tool IS cheap, if the gun is rigid and the tool flat it will hold, plus he said it is very easy to repair. So, I'll have him repair it, still functional, but unlikely to need it again any time soon. 

Edited July 6 by Dapper Dave

[Kid Rich]

WELL. As Hettie used to say on NCIS LA.

BUGGER!

kR

[Eyesa Horg]

I've seen pix of a homemade one that used the shank of drill bits for the pins. Those roll pins sure didn't hold up well.

[Boggus Deal #64218]

It’s a good idea to check the retainers every once in a while to make sure they stay tight. That problem with the tool was addressed with the UniqueTek one.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

You can hammer these buggered pins into the tool handle and use the tool from the other side.  

[Mossy Horn Gent]

Replace the roll pins with solid pins or just more roll pins. The roll pins are probably easier to install.

[Dapper Dave]

He did say it would be easy to repair...I just wonder why it was made this way, or is the theory that it is much cheaper and easier to repair the tool rather that replace the shotgun firing pin bushings if hardened steel pins damaged the three holes. That WOULD make sense, to a degree. 

[El Sobrante Kid]

Probably cost related. Three dowel pins would hold up much better, and when the tool is properly aligned the dowel pins would do no more (or less) damage than the roll pins. One other thing that I can think of is that the roll pins are sacrificial, because they are the lowest cost item to replace if damaged.