Hi Ben,
Unfortunately, it appears I have a firing pin from the earlier batch that exhibited broken firing pins.
You see, I bought your firing pin a while back (July, 2012) from Brownells for an SKS project I had on the drawing board. As fate would have it, work and graduate school got in way, so I had to postpone the project, until this winter. As such, the firing pin has just been sitting in a parts box. Essentially, its brand new.
The installation was straightforward. Moreover, being that I'm very comfortable working on my own SKS rifles, I'm confident I installed the firing pin correctly.
Anyway, upon completing my SKS project, I was dry firing the rifle to assess the weight of the trigger pull. I thought nothing of it, until I field-stripped the rifle, and I found the tip of the firing pin protruding much further out of the hole on the bolt face.
I immediately disassembled the bolt, and removed what is now TWO pieces of the firing pin.
Can I please return the broken firing pin for a replacement?
Thanks in advance!
UPDATE: I received a replacement firing pin from Murray's. I really appreciate the top-notch customer service, as well as Ben standing behind his product. Thanks!
