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Posted: 11/5/2008 11:01:15 AM EDT
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I took my "new" wasr out to sight in today and was having issues with failure to fires. Looking at the primer strike, it looked liked the firing pin's point was gone (Flat face, not round at all). I'm guessing this is not the correct shape of a firing pin point, and it should have a rounded face? The primers on the fired cases looked to be backing out a little and where the pin is striking is raised a little. Only some primers looked to back out a hair, but all had a raised area where the pin struck.
On the good side, the sights were dead on and no adjustment needed. Called CIA and they will send me a new firing pin once I send back a waiver form to change out the firing pin myself. Tried driving the retaining pin out but seems to be in there pretty tight, soaking it in CLP. |
Definitely the firing pin. On the right is the firing pin from my MAK90, on the left is the firing pin from the WASR. Both look to be the same dimensions other then the pin tip. Looks like someone was trying to drive nails with it  . Plus it looks a little rusty/corroded.
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| Yep, ordered a replacement from K-Var. Too bad shipping is more then the price of the firing pin itself. Should have picked out another item to justify the shipping but didn't want to piss the wife off. CIA Wanted a photo copy of my drivers license sent/faxed back to them along with the DIY waiver form for them to ship out a replacement, didn't feel like going through the trouble of doing that so I just went through K-Var for simplicity. Ordered this morning, shipped this afternoon. |
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