Any of you used a chamber iron for a pinged .22 rimfire chamber? I have an old Stevens 87J that had a broken firing pin when I got it. Bought the upgraded bolt and firing pin from Numerich and fitted it but it also has a pinged up chamber. I know Brownells sells a chamber iron to fix this. Wondering how well they work or is there a better way. I do not want to have to pull the barrel to fix it unless it's just mandatory. I'm a sucker for old .22's with long barrels and tube mags and this one is even semi-auto with a locking bolt for firing shorts. Pretty cool gun and I really want to rescue it and put it to use.

bit and it has worked quite well.

It is unfortunate but a revolver that I bought was dry fired by the peanut gallery at work and I had to use it on two chambers. I've also used it on a couple of derringers and rifles.

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Sincerely,

Hobie

on this rifle. Same thing happenned here...for some reason it was dry fired to death. Can't do that on the old rifles.

Just don't get heavy handed with it.

With an extension and seeing if that would work. I have some pretty small 1/4" inverted torx sockets with a nice taper. I'm guessing the barrel metal is fairly soft from your comment and Hobies.

firing pin to cause extraction problems and not a lot has to be put back. Most of the iron is there to locate the surfaces that actually displace the slight amount of distorted metal to something approaching their original form. The oil ensures that you don't get it stuck in the chamber.

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Sincerely,

Hobie

I've got one I've used on a coue of .22's. it's basically a taper with a flat side to it. The edges between round and flat are radiused to push metal, not cut it. It's on a shepards hook shaped handle and also has a male thread on the skinny end so if the shepherd hook won't fit, you can drop it in the chamber and screw it into a cleaning rod and pull vs push to iron it out. It a good tool to have around if you like the old .22's

Should have it by midweek. Looking forward to trying it out.