Steyr 1908

[azlaw]

Originally Posted by Angus Magnus

Does anyone have any sources for parts or decent reproductions?

I have used these guys here in Tucson, they fabricated replacement firing pins for my Llama XV (still have a few if anyone needs one). Excellent machinists and metallurgy guys, but need to persuade them to take small jobs. With firing pins the issue is whether or not to heat treat, which adds cost; gunsmiths seldom do, which means their work often breaks.

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Steve Kuker

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[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by azlaw

With firing pins the issue is whether or not to heat treat, which adds cost; gunsmiths seldom do, which means their work often breaks.

By 'heat treat' I suppose you mean hardening and annealing/tempering. It's true that this is not well known, and time consuming, but if your smith uses good quality ordnance steel (or a higher grade steel) it is usually not necessary.

However, that is a more expensive option, and can get out of hand. A 'friend' of mine once got me a chunk of Kryptonite* when all I had asked for was mild 1020 steel. I ruined more end mills on that part (they would start to dull, the steel would heat up & harden and the end mill would dull more etc) than it would have cost me to buy the mild steel block [4" x4" x 14"].

* My name for 8600 series steel

Anway, you could call Sarco also; they get weird stuff in all the time.