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It would be a backup part. Would the l61R firing pin assembly fit this?
Congratulations on owning your A-III. You can probably fix whatever "improvements" someone has made to it.I took it apart and found that the previous owner(s) had glass bedded the action about 3 inches in front of the lug, free floating the rest of the barrel. I don't know how he/she was able to screw in the front action screw it was that tight.
Congratulations on owning your A-III. You can probably fix whatever "improvements" someone has made to it.
Some owners (or shade tree "gunsmiths" they take their guns to) do some stupid things. You've already corrected the unacceptable trigger pull; just hope that the bedding job doesn't have to be routed out and redone. You were lucky to be able to remove the action screws which someone probably treated with thread locking compound. Let's hope that Satan has a special place in hell for idiots who put thread locking compound on action screws and scope mounts.
Nothing at the rear tang?? Hmmm......
No clearance for the front screw?? Another hmmm...
Thanks for the pics.
I actually drilled out the front screw a bit, it was much much tighter then that. I don't think there is room for a pillar on the front screw hole, the rear screw hole should have a pillar .There is a little aluminum sleeve in there that is not attached. I don't think the factory put that there.
The wood compression outline at the rear tang.......not good.
Can you measure any movement of the barrel, at the forend tip, when the rear screw is tightened?
What you will most likely find as a new part is the whole L61R/AIII/AV striker assembly. Part number is S5940160. Fairly expensive and very unlikely to be needed if you take care of your original.
I have seen this problem before with the new firing pins. The rounded cuts on each side of the bayonet lug aren't deep enough or the radius is too large. Very slight touch with a dremel or a round needle file will make it better. Use masking tape to keep all the grinding dust off the moving parts. You definitely don't want any grit between the firing pin and the sleeve it slides in, since it's impossible to disassemble.
Or you could just return it.