Did you know????

[skosh69]

I had no idea????


http://rangehot.com/1911-trivia/

The perfect armorer’s tool is an M-16 firing pin, and this was no accident. When Eugene Stoner heard that the US military was looking at his little black rifle, he implemented a small modification to the existing pin that allowed it to complement the American service pistol. Even the small tip can be used to punch out the mainspring cap pin far enough to grasp it with the finger and thumb. Stoner was a pretty sharp cookie in his own right.

Check it out. The stepped diameters of the pin fit every hole on the pistol, and the small diameter behind the tip is even the perfect length to use as a slave pin for the sear and disconnect.

[Caleb]

Interesting. ....

[sdmc530]

Huh....

[7.62Kolectr]

No M16 firing pin needed.

The 1911 contains everything one needs in its own design.

http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/tech/toolbox.htm

[TLE2]

I did know that.

[skosh69]

Originally Posted by Blanca Busa

No M16 firing pin needed.

The 1911 contains everything one needs in its own design.

http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/tech/toolbox.htm

Thank you Cpt. Obvious.

Your info, while valuable, has been discussed here before and it was not point of this thread.

The focal point of this thread was bringing to light the other uses of the M-16 firing pin.

[milkmanjoe]

Then how do ya shoot the bad guys if ya took the firing pin out yer rifle to fix yer pistol? Ohhh, I get it, that's why grenades were invented....hehehehe

Which brings a question to mind....Are the pins in grenades good for taking guns apart too? Sounds kinda tricky to me. Ya know, with blowing up and all.