My 1887 Remington hammer 12ga pierces a lot of primers, but just barely. It has strong mainsprings and maybe someone made the firing pins a bit more pointed, tho they don't really look it. I've never had any ill effects from it other than a bit of blacking around the piercing. This blowing wood off a stock is new to me. Never heard of such a thing. It seems to me that the older paper shells, especially the ribbed Remingtons, have much heavier metal on the striking surface of the primer so maybe the older guns had strong springs for a good reason??
That .454 Fulton looks like an extreme case of long firing pins. Jeez. I bet that guy wears more than just glasses when he test fires anything from now on.
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