To flute or not to flute?

[4 Scale]

With patience you can find a fluted pin for around $50 or so on eBay or Gunbroker; and I think I recall that Tom Heller sometimes has them. Quick check on Gunbroker shows a lot of them at $40. Given the modest cost of an original I cannot see why it would be a good idea to modify an existing FP.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by 4 Scale

With patience you can find a fluted pin for around $50 or so on eBay or Gunbroker; and I think I recall that Tom Heller sometimes has them. Quick check on Gunbroker shows a lot of them at $40. Given the modest cost of an original I cannot see why it would be a good idea to modify an existing FP.

Especially when one "really" does not need one.

We all have time to clean our pistols after firing- the only potential need for a grooved pin is if you are in the trenches and have no time to maintain or are afraid you will drop your parts in the mud!

Even then the Germans made it all the way from 1900 to 1930 without grooved strikers.

[Eugen]

I appreciate all the helpful replies to my question.

The reason I posed the question about modifying a non-fluted was mostly out of curiosity. Only if it could be easily done and was recommended by the experienced folks on the forum would I have attempted to do such a project. Also, I wanted to take the greatest of care of my shooter and if a fluted firing for a shooter was strongly advised, I would follow such advice.

I am a bit OCD about carefully cleaning/lubing all my guns after a range trip. Heck, half the fun I have is disassembling and cleaning all the parts, lubing and carefully reassembling everything.

So I understand that a super clean firing pin/breech block et al somewhat obviates the need for a fluted firing pin. That works for me.