Broken M9-A1 Firing Pin

hello, i was wondering if anyone experienced a broken firing pin. i was just about to go to the local range today and as i was checking my gun and dry firing it, a snap cap inside, noticed the pin protruding out. once dismantled, this is what i found

bummer!!! where can i buy a replacement firing pin? needs help badly :cry:

 

i hate you guys hehehe , yes it really sucks my friends and thinking that i have one if not the best defense pistol in whole world. it all goes back to murphy's law i think, "shit happens" anyway, if i can't find a replacement which is 100% zero here in the philippines, i might as well contact steyr of austria. i wonder if this will cover by warranty as defective part. or, i can have it made locally by our gunsmith.
from what i saw, it has a fractured line that started the thing. sorry can't zoom my camera that far even using its macro setting. also i might try SAi, can any give me there website or e-mail add, much appreciate it . will keep you posted

 

hi there jologs,
kabayan, thanks for the info, actually i was planning on calling them but was too busy with work. from the looks of it, they don't sell any parts for the steyr since the last time i was in their store, they informed me that they only carry magazine and locally made holster for the M-A1 . however, yesterday may gunsmith made for me an exact copy of the firing pin. the only problem, once we put all the parts together, it didn't fit and in process of fixing all the errors, broke the thing in half. he told me today that i'll be getting another piece either made from stainless steel or ordinance steel, both metals will be heat treated for strength.
i sometimes wonder if what i got is a lemon, i was informed by my friend i the gun business that these were the very first batch of steyr M9-A1 in the philippines back then. i think steyr should address this issue seriously.

 

hello to all,
first of all, my unit is a M9-A1 without the manual safety on top of the trigger housing. Secondly, i now have a new firing pin made by my gunsmith after fourth consecutive tires, he finally got it right i'm happy to say. So here it is



the 1st photo is my broken firing pin with the newly made one, the second is the new firing again and the third, the primer indentation made by the firing pin which 1st tested after assembling it. Now all I have to do is go to the range and put a few thousand of rounds through it arty:

 

by the way, the serial # is 044680 GOF, forgot to include it, sorry

 

hi there,
finally i was able to checked out the new firing pin and from my testing, it seems ok for now. i was able to test fire at least 200 rounds of reloaded ammuitions , i only had 5 failures due to dud primers. upon checking the firing pin, it was obvious that the original one in much harder but brittle, just like what my gunsmith told me .
there's been some metal to metal contact between the new firing pin and the sear ( triangle ) it's ok now. my gunsmith said that the material he used is touch but not brittle like the original part. only time will tell, and another thing, this comes with a warranty and it only cost me less tha $10.00
as for my e-mail at SAI, it's a negative. it seems they have failed me when it comes to costumer relationship. maybe for them one in a thousand is not all that important. lets pray that mines a lemon

 

yes until now i'm waiting for a reply from SAI Austria. it seems that they're not interested in one in a thousand lemon :doh:
as for the firing pin, it's still in good condition and i'm planning to shoot it to death until it starts showing signs problems, then i can have one made from other materials like titanium, tungsten or cobalt .
definetly the my firing pin has a weakness in its material construction. and from its design, it must have been hitting something inside the channel front section. once it goes forward it doesnt return like a normal firing pin. it float inside its own channel. check it out, dismantle the gun and try shaking the slide up and down.the firing pin just goes up and down too just like a glock. the recoil is what returns it to firing position once locked by the sear.
well there you have it guys, steyr 1st broken firing pin. cost of repair $10 less and no reply from SAI. :wall:
can anyone help me acquire a brand new firig pin, i'm will to pay for the cost and shipping. your help will greatly be appreciated