Gents:
I have an old Remington 660 in .308 (from what I can tell, its essentially a 600) that the father in law left me and I was getting light primer strikes. When I took the bolt apart, I noted that the main spring was covered with rust, as well as inside the bore it rides in within the bolt body. I am going to use a dremel with wool polishing wheels and blue magic metal polish to clean out/de-rust the inside of the bolt, but while I am at it I would like to replace the 60 year old main spring with a wolff replacement. However, when I try to drift out the pin that retains the firing pin, I have had zero luck. I even bent my small punch/drift trying to do it. It's possible there is rust forming within the pin bore, like the rest of the bolt.
I'd obviously like to avoid looking for new parts for an old rifle, but does anyone have any clever ideas beyond "just hit it with your purse harder"? I'm thinking soaking it in oil for a while, and maybe shortening the punch so that it doesn't have such a long tip that can bend/absorb energy, allowing it to transfer it to the pin more directly.
I have an old Remington 660 in .308 (from what I can tell, its essentially a 600) that the father in law left me and I was getting light primer strikes. When I took the bolt apart, I noted that the main spring was covered with rust, as well as inside the bore it rides in within the bolt body. I am going to use a dremel with wool polishing wheels and blue magic metal polish to clean out/de-rust the inside of the bolt, but while I am at it I would like to replace the 60 year old main spring with a wolff replacement. However, when I try to drift out the pin that retains the firing pin, I have had zero luck. I even bent my small punch/drift trying to do it. It's possible there is rust forming within the pin bore, like the rest of the bolt.
I'd obviously like to avoid looking for new parts for an old rifle, but does anyone have any clever ideas beyond "just hit it with your purse harder"? I'm thinking soaking it in oil for a while, and maybe shortening the punch so that it doesn't have such a long tip that can bend/absorb energy, allowing it to transfer it to the pin more directly.