Milsurp After Hours

Well... it's not too great an example of a 69/71, but I didn't pay much for it either. Looks Like somebody put a strange back sight on it and the front sight blade is missing as well as the cleaning rod. However, the bore is in pretty good shape and it seems to be in working order. It's made by Steiger and the guy that sold it to me had it dated as " circa" 1874. So... even though I typed that I didn't pay too much.... what is it worth anyway? Hate to tell you what I paid, but I forked over $220 for it. Darn impluse buy.

I took it apart and cleaned it. I noticed the rimfire metal piece didn't seem to "free float" although it isn't necessarily supposed to be so free. The two firing pins seem to be prety much as fixed. I know this isn't right. Somebody explain this to me, would you?

I would have gotten it for 200. myself just don't know that much about the inner workings.

Say Niner, the firing pin fork dosn't look right to me. It shouldn't protrude that much from the bolt face. It could be a replacement. I'm at work right now but here is a link to Parashooters centerfire conversion sight that has some good pictures of what the firing pins should look like. One thing for sure is that the pin fork should most definately be free.

http://telecom.hartford.edu/swiss/vetterli.htm

I can e-mail you some additional pictures if you need them.

Thanks. The pin in mine doesn't look like the one in the linked picture...exactly. Haven't time to examin it more closely at the moment though.

Hey Niner, where abouts in Alabama are you at? I'm close to the Auburn/Opelika area. I was just wondering.

Down in LA... Mobile.

The firing pin looks like something somebody had fabicated at some time or the other. Not the one that came with the rifle. But... I wasn't planning on firing it anyway.... even though I'll be working on finding the right firing pin extension anyway because... well I just have to. You know how it is. .

How about changing your email address to a correct one in your profile. I keep getting these bounced emails directed to you from your recent posts. Thanks.

Ok, I fixed it.

Niner, check under the butt plate and see if there's an extra firing pin there. These were issued with an extra pin in the stock.

One of my 69/71's has a peep sight installed. On top of that its apparently (or was) a parade piece. All furniture and fittings are chromed.