I'm trying to check my Frommer Stop to see if it's delivering a good lick to the firing pin.
The problem? It's a .32, so the old trick of dropping a pencil or ballpoint pen down the tube won't work, and I have not found a single piece of dowel or anything else to use for a substitute.
I'm probably going to wind up doing something insanely elaborate, like priming a case, (only I just realized I don't have a shell holder...) or trimming down a piece of plastic sprue to fit.
Or maybe I'll try and make Instant Gratification Tam act like Patient Mature Tam and wait 'til backyard shooting hours tomorrow and then I can just step outside and bust a cap in the yard...
You don't have any 1/4" or 5/16" dowel????????
ReplyDeleteI usually just take a spent case, put a piece of tape over it, covering the original dent in the spent primer, and see if the firing pin perforates the tape...I've also used a piece of sticky label, and the firing pin usually cuts a neat hole in the paper if it's nice and strong...that's if you have a spent case laying around.
ReplyDeleteIf you have a live round, you could just pull the bullet and pour out the powder...
ReplyDeleteTam--Do you have a picture of your Frommer Stop you'd be willing to donate to Wikipedia?
ReplyDeleteHumph.....
ReplyDeleteI wanted to do the pencil trick with my Smith M+P (new model).
No pencils.
I figured I would try a pen. It just jiggled a bit when I let the striker fly. I figured the pen wasn't seated all the way down the barrel, so I took the cap off and tried again.
Now I have pen sized hole in my bedroom ceiling.
Wait till tomorrow Tammy.....
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ReplyDeleteIf you've got one of the "clicky" type pens like the drug company reps hand out, you can pull the ink tube out & use it. Works just fine with my CZ-52. Just make sure you aren't standing under a running ceiling fan when you do it...
ReplyDeleteWhat am I missing here? I did the pencil test on my CZ-52 to make sure the decocker did just that, and the firing pin was in good order. Both worked like a charm with a standard #2 yellow pencil.
ReplyDeleteWhat am I missing? the bore of the '52 is .308, isn't the Bore of your Stop .311?
Honestly if all the parts and the action seem in good working order, a .32 ACP sure won't blow up the gun.
Make a hole or two!
"Backyard shooting hours?" Do you also charge yourself admission? (snerk)
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