I confess I broke a firing pin. It was a Winchester Model 1894 carbine made in 1903. I was 10 years old and practicing my John Wayne imitation in the bedroom. I pulled the trigger and the hammer made a funny sound when it dropped. A little piece of metal slithered out through the bottom when I worked the action; it was the firing pin tip. I convinced my mother to take me and the carbine to the gunsmith to get it fixed. The gunsmith was a supercilious snot who insisted on giving me a half hour's sermon about little boys with guns. To make it worse, he took six months to replace the firing pin (he wasn't that busy) and charged me $12.00 for the repair! That was in 1956. I don't dryfire anything anymore without snap caps.

Charlie

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SWCA # 2294