I picked up a '70's vintage carbine last winter from a co-worker. It was in his closet for a long time and about to turn into a pile of rust so I stripped it down (other than the bolt), cleaned it up and shot it with Duracoat. I reassembled it with a Wolf spring set and installed a red dot optical site, my old eyes don't work so well with peep sites. When I took it to the range to see how it shot it failed to fire, the firing pin made a slight dent in the primer but didn't strike it hard enough to ignite. I bought a bolt tool recently and took it apart. I found 3 small brass disks inside the bolt, they appear to be pieces of primer brass. I removed them, cleaned inside of the bolt and all the associated pieces. I went back to the range confident that it would fire but it did the exact same thing. I'm thinking I need a new firing pin, any ideas??

Here's a pic of the rifle:

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as of now it's just a cute paper weight.

ken
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