1889 Marlin?

[earlgo]

Thank you Mr. McDowell.
Does anyone have one of these apart to verify if there is or is not a retraction shoulder in the forward slot? I have made one fp wrong already and would prefer not to repeat.
As an incentive, I will make a decent drawing of the finished firing pin and post it here.
Thanks.
--earlgo

[Don McDowell]

I won't have time to take this rifle apart for a couple of weeks. To much ammunition to load for the matches.
Do you have the broken pin?

[earlgo]

I won't have time to take this rifle apart for a couple of weeks. To much ammunition to load for the matches.
Do you have the broken pin?

As I originally posted, I am making a pin from scratch as there was no pin with the bag of parts. Nor was there a stock or a buttplate or a forend tip.     But there is a stock now and I found the other parts at various gun shows.
Good luck at your shoot.
--earlgo

[earlgo]

I won't have time to take this rifle apart for a couple of weeks. To much ammunition to load for the matches.
Do you have the broken pin?

Any news on this? I'd like to verify the front slot as a clearance and not a retractor feature before I do any more cutting on my blank.
--earlgo

[mannparks]

I obtained this 89 from my brother it was a rust bucket Woods nice but it needed cleaning up firing pin was broken now she's cleaned up shoots the house of Fire .118 grain cast bullet inch and 5/8 at 50 yards no sweat also shoot black powder loads through it take a look-see I like it.
Built in 1891

Also
Photos of old firming pin.

[Kurt]

It would be easy to make a new pin for the Marlin.
Unsolder the hook from the pin and order a diameter drill rod and shape the rod instead of making the hook and pin in one piece and solder it back on.