Has anyone ever lived long enough to see the effects of a firing pin spring thats been compressed for too long? I' ve ordered in milsurp rifles that were packed in what could be described as a petrified block of grease that had the firing pin cocked. No telling how long the rifle might have been in storage cocked: 10, 20, 50 years? Never had a problem on that end.

for those of you that like to use snap caps save your money and try this.take a piece of fired brass from your gunand reload with a pencil eraser for a primer and NO POWDER and seat a bullet to normal depth. there you have it. the worlds cheapest snap cap.

Just because I feel like it might have slipped through the cracks, my whole family does exactly what Ruger-Redhawk explained - simply work the action again, but as you' re working it, make sure that the trigger is held down. Then you don' t have the problem.

Boy am I glad Judson let me know that my BL-22 grade 2 is a cheap piece of junk. It' s a shame that I' m going to have to throw it out now ' cause it groups well with everything I feed it. I should have realised it was a cheap piece of crap when I had to change the firing pin when it broke from dry firing. I just figured I wouldn' t dry fire it anymore. thanks again.