Need some advice, I'm not a gunsmith whatsoever, but like to tinker. I've had really good luck with guns (not breaking), or covered by warranty, or able to just turn it into an unit armor.
Last weekend, in the below freezing cold, went to the range and my P-01 would not shoot, I did the ol' tap-rack-click, a few times then realized my gun was really broken. If that were a life and death situation, I would have been dead.
My first thought was that the gun was just super dirty, and maybe some of the old original grease was gumming up in the cold. I did a field strip and cleaned it as best I could, still no luck.
I think I'm going to buy an ultrasonic cleaning machine (recommendations appreciated). But also found a video suggesting my problem is a damaged firing pin retaining pin. I don't want to damage the slide or make the situation worse.
I tried to remove the firing pin retaining pin, but it didn't look like it was going to budge, so I stopped. If anyone has any tips or advice on how to remove this pin let me know. I read some discussion about the issue, sounds like cz used a roll-pin which isn't so strong, and cz recommends using snap-caps when dry firing. Found a replacement pin for $6; but decided to contact cz before I replace it myself because it's still under the 5 year cz warranty. Let's see how they respond.
Found this better video about replacing the firing pin, but not specifically the firing pin retaining pin issue, that I believe I'm having:
Last weekend, in the below freezing cold, went to the range and my P-01 would not shoot, I did the ol' tap-rack-click, a few times then realized my gun was really broken. If that were a life and death situation, I would have been dead.
My first thought was that the gun was just super dirty, and maybe some of the old original grease was gumming up in the cold. I did a field strip and cleaned it as best I could, still no luck.
I think I'm going to buy an ultrasonic cleaning machine (recommendations appreciated). But also found a video suggesting my problem is a damaged firing pin retaining pin. I don't want to damage the slide or make the situation worse.
I tried to remove the firing pin retaining pin, but it didn't look like it was going to budge, so I stopped. If anyone has any tips or advice on how to remove this pin let me know. I read some discussion about the issue, sounds like cz used a roll-pin which isn't so strong, and cz recommends using snap-caps when dry firing. Found a replacement pin for $6; but decided to contact cz before I replace it myself because it's still under the 5 year cz warranty. Let's see how they respond.
Found this better video about replacing the firing pin, but not specifically the firing pin retaining pin issue, that I believe I'm having: