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Offline Chicago Dude

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Retaining pin from brand new 99041
« on: January 25, 2018, 01:59:36 PM »
Guys, here is the image of retaining pin from my brand new 99041.
Thanks to good heart of Eastman who came in and help me replace the firing pin, retaining pin and trigger spring on the brand new gun, I had a chance to take a good look at the original pin that we took from the gun.
I never fired this gun, so beside original (maybe 5 shots at the factory) and my (tops) 5 dry firings, this gun is brand new.
I hate to think how would this pin look like after 1,000 rounds.
Thank God for CGW and their specially designed retaining pin !!! I am sure that one (with the groove, so it can absorb the hits better) will last much longer. Take a look at this picture and bring your educated decision do you want to replace the original pin of your 99041.

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Offline M1A4ME

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Re: Retaining pin from brand new 99041
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2018, 02:19:09 PM »
The one I took out of my brand new Compact looked like that.  Other than the firing at the factory mine was never fired between the time I got it and after I had torn it apart and put all the CGW parts in it.

I could be wrong, but I wonder if there's enough difference in the placement of the notch on some firing pins that they smack the retaining pin pretty hard anyway, even when the firing pin is striking a primer.

I'm wondering what those pins will look like (your pistol and mine) in a couple years of use.
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I just keep wasting time and money on other brands trying to find/make one shoot like my P07 and P09.  What is wrong with me?

Offline Chicago Dude

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Re: Retaining pin from brand new 99041
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2018, 02:49:21 PM »
Quote from: M1A4ME on January 25, 2018, 02:19:09 PM
I'm wondering what those pins will look like (your pistol and mine) in a couple years of use.

Leads me to think that one should just replace them (CGW ones) every 3,000 rounds and call the day.
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Offline M1A4ME

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Re: Retaining pin from brand new 99041
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2018, 03:11:18 PM »
Well, buy two, install one.  Three thousand rounds from now pop it back out and see how it looks.  Looks bad?  Replace it, if not, put it back in.

Or put the second spare in and put the good looking, but used, one away as a back up/emergency spare.
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I just keep wasting time and money on other brands trying to find/make one shoot like my P07 and P09.  What is wrong with me?

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Re: Retaining pin from brand new 99041
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2018, 10:27:52 AM »
Quote from: Chicago Dude on January 25, 2018, 02:49:21 PM


Leads me to think that one should just replace them (CGW ones) every 3,000 rounds and call the day.

No need to replace the Cajun pins that often. Took me 100kish dryfire reps to break my cgw pin before David suggested using Orings during dryfire. Been a year and another 100k or so reps of dryfire +15k rounds of live fire and the second pin shows no appreciable wear.
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Re: Retaining pin from brand new 99041
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2018, 10:52:27 AM »
SpazC, thanks for that info !!

I feel now much better knowing that I should be safe up to 15K of firing. Gives me the option to feel super safe and replace the pin at 10 K.
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