I have a 45/70 rifle that I'm looking at. When I open the breech and its in the vertical position, I can feel the firing pin protrusion at the face of the breech block. When I push up on it, the pin is easily moved flush but falls right down due to gravity.
My question is, does the pin return to flush as the door is closed on the head of a cartridge or is there a broken spring in there that keeps the pin in the clear until the rifle is fired?
Right now its floating and makes me think something stupid could happen due to the weight of the door.
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