Steel Challenge With 617

[AzShooter]

I just got off the phone with Ron Power at Power Custom. He tells me that his firing pin isn't made for the rimfire guns either. He said that the slot that's cut for the retaining pin is in the wrong place and a gunsmith has to cut a new slot for it to work in the 617.

AZ, did you have a gunsmith work on yours when you had the Power Custom firing pin in your gun? I'm just really confused now.

Gee, I don't know what to say. Mine has just over 500 rounds through it now with no modification to the pin. I didn't realize it needed it.

Randy says to put the factory pin back in and I'll probably end up ordering one now.

I just order 2 new firing pins from Numbrich Arms for the standard 617. I'll switch out when they come in and see if there is any difference.

 

[Borderboss]

Gee, I don't know what to say. Mine has just over 500 rounds through it now with no modification to the pin. I didn't realize it needed it.

Randy says to put the factory pin back in and I'll probably end up ordering one now.

I just order 2 new firing pins from Numbrich Arms for the standard 617. I'll switch out when they come in and see if there is any difference.

If it works ok, that's great. That's why I asked. It seems that if you were able to do a drop in installation and it worked ok, then it actually does work. I'll pull the side plate off of mine this weekend and pull the factory pin out. If it's configured the same as the Power Custom pin, which I expect that it is since it's working for you, then I'll order one up.

Thanks for the help again. I appreciate it.

 

[Pat_Jones]

An extended firing pin may make contact with the edge of the chamber. The factory ones generally do not. While I do not generally dry fire rimfire guns, it's nice to know there's no danger if someone drops the hammer on an empty chamber.

I'm not a steel shooter, all my racing revolvers are centerfire. Why do you guys want to use the extended firing pins? If Randy says to use the factory ones, I assume there's no advantage using one with a tuned trigger. Are you seeing an advantage with them?

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[LittleCooner]

Nice shooting your 617. When I saw your post I wasn't sure if you were using a 10 shot or a six shot. I have a six shot that I'd have to get converted to 10 shot before trying Steel Challenge with it. Only having one extra shot would be enough to drive me mad.

Is there anyone doing conversions from 6 shot to 10 shot? this sounds like an expensive conversion. I would love to have a 10 shot 17 or 617 to play the Steel Challenge with, but all that is made are those but ugly, heavy full lug guns. They only made 42 of the mountain guns and I will never find one for sale. Talk about looking for a needle in a hay stack. My double holy grail gun- a 10 shot 22 without a full underlug. I made myself a promise years ago, two things never to be seen in public with, one, an ugly woman, two, a full lug S&W. I have better taste in life and life is too short to be seen with ugly guns or ugly women.

 

[AzShooter]

I'm not a steel shooter, all my racing revolvers are centerfire. Why do you guys want to use the extended firing pins? If Randy says to use the factory ones, I assume there's no advantage using one with a tuned trigger. Are you seeing an advantage with them?

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Initially when I had Randy's first hammer for the 617 he told me to use the extended firing pin because I was getting some failure to fires with the light pull at under 7 pounds. When he gave me the Mass Drive Hammer he told me to put the stock firing pin back in. I got a few failures to fire and put the extended pin in. No more FTFs.

I do have 2 stock pins coming and will switch to see if they work with my heavier pull. If so I will go back to stock firing pins.

 

[AzShooter]

Is there anyone doing conversions from 6 shot to 10 shot? this sounds like an expensive conversion. I would love to have a 10 shot 17 or 617 to play the Steel Challenge with, but all that is made are those but ugly, heavy full lug guns. They only made 42 of the mountain guns and I will never find one for sale. Talk about looking for a needle in a hay stack. My double holy grail gun- a 10 shot 22 without a full underlug. I made myself a promise years ago, two things never to be seen in public with, one, an ugly woman, two, a full lug S&W. I have better taste in life and life is too short to be seen with ugly guns or ugly women.

Good luck on your quest. Try Power Custom or TKCustom and see if they can help you.