Hi guys. I don't really post on here much I usually just use this message board as a good source of learning about guns from the knowledgable people on here. I just need some advice on a firearm dilemma I have.
to preface this, I purchased a Beretta minx (950b manufactured in Italy I believe 1968) from a friend at work a few years ago. I knew I wanted it from the moment I saw it just because I love history and the look of the firearm. I bought it as is for $100 and later found out it needed at new firing pin. I couldn't find many places that do gunsmithing so I took it to the Gander Mountain here in Fort Wayne.
They charged about $70 to fix the firing pin and had it in good working order. I took it to the range once and it worked great with no problems. Well that was about 2 years ago.
I was cleaning my guns about a month ago and while cleaning my minx and fiddling around with it I heard something rattling around in the gun and it turned out to be the firing pin that broke off again! I don't know how it could have broken so easily. It is a rim fire gun and I assume it broke last time from somebody dry firing it several times. I believe I accidentally dry fired it once while I was cleaning it and I'm not sure if this could have caused it to break? There was a lot of chamber peening on the gun as if it had been dry fired 1000 times before. I wouldn't think the pin could break after doing it once. I was extra careful after already having to pay to get it fixed.
Either way, it needs a new firing pin again and now I'm in a predicament. Should I go back to Gander Mtn. and see if they can get me a deal on fixing it again since I already spent $70 getting it fixed? Should I just trade it in or try to sell it? There should be a gunsmith in Fort Wayne that charges less than $50 an hour but they seem hard to find. Worst case scenario ill just keep it for a historical piece because I think it's neat, but its really fun to fire and now I have 300 rounds of .22 short that wont get used if the gun doesn't get fixed.
Any advice would be helpful. Thanks in advance!
to preface this, I purchased a Beretta minx (950b manufactured in Italy I believe 1968) from a friend at work a few years ago. I knew I wanted it from the moment I saw it just because I love history and the look of the firearm. I bought it as is for $100 and later found out it needed at new firing pin. I couldn't find many places that do gunsmithing so I took it to the Gander Mountain here in Fort Wayne.
They charged about $70 to fix the firing pin and had it in good working order. I took it to the range once and it worked great with no problems. Well that was about 2 years ago.
I was cleaning my guns about a month ago and while cleaning my minx and fiddling around with it I heard something rattling around in the gun and it turned out to be the firing pin that broke off again! I don't know how it could have broken so easily. It is a rim fire gun and I assume it broke last time from somebody dry firing it several times. I believe I accidentally dry fired it once while I was cleaning it and I'm not sure if this could have caused it to break? There was a lot of chamber peening on the gun as if it had been dry fired 1000 times before. I wouldn't think the pin could break after doing it once. I was extra careful after already having to pay to get it fixed.
Either way, it needs a new firing pin again and now I'm in a predicament. Should I go back to Gander Mtn. and see if they can get me a deal on fixing it again since I already spent $70 getting it fixed? Should I just trade it in or try to sell it? There should be a gunsmith in Fort Wayne that charges less than $50 an hour but they seem hard to find. Worst case scenario ill just keep it for a historical piece because I think it's neat, but its really fun to fire and now I have 300 rounds of .22 short that wont get used if the gun doesn't get fixed.
Any advice would be helpful. Thanks in advance!
