[Jack Flash]

I am going to buy this for my well functioning and used cmmg conversion kit. I will report back as to its performance. I agree with johnnydollar about the weight of it, but I am willing to give it a go. So I will be at least 1 sucker!

I have a CMMG dedicated upper that the firing pin broke into 3 pieces. Never seen anything like it. I sent them a pic of it, and they sent me 2 new ones.

Multitudes of rounds later, and I still have the spare.

The Bore Buddy does look good thou!

22lr AR Premium Firing Pin - BoreBuddy

Precision .22LR firing pin: Swiss-lathe turned, heat-treated, profiled for performance. Choose from crescent or round tip. Includes heavy & light springs.

borebuddy.com

 

[maddmatter1970]

well it will be here in a few days

if it eats the federal bulk I will be ecstatic

 

[maddmatter1970]

last 3 minutes

 

[maddmatter1970]

The new crescent shape and spring appears to have made a difference for me. I have been able to fire 75 rounds of the peviously unusable fed gameshok lot I bought 8 years ago.

Without any failures

 

[maddmatter1970]

I also 100% agree with @Iowegan and I broke my own rule and changed two things at once, but the spring and the crescent work together. Later on, I may put original spring in to see if that makes a difference, but right now, I am very happy!

 

[Corndog]

It just makes since @maddmatter1970

Rimfire primer is spun into the perimeter of the case. Better ammo is more uniform in primer application I suspect. Your new firing pin crushes more circumference of the shell.

Pretty cool.

 

[michael.nault65]

Maybe not quantifiable in this instance, but I wonder if accuracy is improved? I think I recall reading that 22 match shooters modify their FP's on occasion for more consistency.

 

[maddmatter1970]

It just makes since @maddmatter1970

Rimfire primer is spun into the perimeter of the case. Better ammo is more uniform in primer application I suspect. Your new firing pin crushes more circumference of the shell.

Pretty cool.

yeah it struck me as an actual good idea! so far so good. at this point, I would highly recommend it! with the lighter of the 2 included springs. I can't believe it took me so long to find this solution.

 

[maddmatter1970]

Maybe not quantifiable in this instance, but I wonder if accuracy is improved? I think I recall reading that 22 match shooters modify their FP's on occasion for more consistency.

funny you mention that!!!!!! I cant say, I am not a bench rest guy, I shoot off hand. My rifle was zeroed for cci minimags and cci ar tactical.... this stuff grouped like this for all 75 shots @ 50-60 yards off hand out of a wylde chamber with the cci kit

 

[michael.nault65]

That's remarkable at that range.
I doubt my stock 10-22 could match it.

 

[maddmatter1970]

That's remarkable at that range.
I doubt my stock 10-22 could match it.

I am pretty happy with it. I even tried once to give all the ammo away! I never could bring myself to give up on it though!

 

[maddmatter1970]

That's remarkable at that range.
I doubt my stock 10-22 could match it.

The .22lr (I need to stress this is in my experience) is actually more accurate out of my wylde and 5 56 than out of my savage model 6A. For me. I have no idea why. The 6A has been shooting since 1947. The other guns circa 2018 and 2022. So.... idk. People say the conversions are not super accurate. For me, I can pop a running bunny or squirell in the head about 70% of the time with the ar's and about 75% of the time with the 6A. But.... on paper the ar's do about 5% better. Go figure

 

[michael.nault65]

Tools get manufactured within specified tolerances. Some will be tight, others loose, but both with in spec. Rimfire competitors check and sort ammo according to concentricity. I'd guess chambers and actions that are the most concentric may have the greatest accuracy potential?

 

[TestEngineer]

yeah it struck me as an actual good idea! so far so good. at this point, I would highly recommend it!

I'm not surprised by your results. Those FP strikes look outstanding. Just for my own curiosity - you did get the steel pin, didn't you?

I predict your missfires will now be exceptionally rare events - even with the crappiest of ammo, like Winchester bulk.

 

[maddmatter1970]

I'm not surprised by your results. Those FP strikes look outstanding. Just for my own curiosity - you did get the steel pin, didn't you?

I predict your missfires will now be exceptionally rare events - even with the crappiest of ammo, like Winchester bulk.

Yes. I could not bring myself to pay the extra for the titanium. It was a struggle. My flashy side wanted to sooooo much. The side of me that has been through 53 years of hell said "don't be a jackass".... so its the steel premium crescent.
And thanks! I am going to pick up some .06 per pop stuff just to see. It ate some remingtons tonight! (1983 vintage)