Primer piercing and recoil pad

[Richard Dow]

Unimportant Correction Bruce. That was my 20g VH. I hope South Dakota is productive. I'm sure it is.

[Seth Mackay-Smith]

While I'm sitting around hoping for someone to respond with actual measurements of their plungers, could someone please let me know where to get new ones? I'd like to get a set and though I could simply make my own I'd rather have the benefit of a trusted supplier's expertise.
Thanks,
Seth

[WHO]

I measured how far the pins extended from the breach face of my 20 gauge top lever hammer gun and came up with .085" by using a feeler gauge. I refuse to grind down the pins on this valuable gun, so 20 gauge RST shells will not be purchased by me anymore. It actually angers me that RST doesn't use top quality components since this ammo is meant to be used in valuable antique firearms, some of which are irreplaceable.

[Seth Mackay-Smith]

Thanks Wayne, really appreciate the reply. It does seem to make sense to simply buy better components; I wonder whether anyone had suggested to them to do that because we would be willing to pay for good product? There may be a mistaken feeling that people are too price driven to support such a change. But I'm very new to this and obviously don't really know.

[WHO]

There is a previous post on this site where one of our members informed the RST owner during a side by side event of this exact problem. The member stated in the post that the owner seemed to be unconcerned. It seems to me this post was about 2 years ago.

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Seth Mackay-Smith

While I'm sitting around hoping for someone to respond with actual measurements of their plungers, could someone please let me know where to get new ones? I'd like to get a set and though I could simply make my own I'd rather have the benefit of a trusted supplier's expertise.
Thanks,
Seth

I just went through my parts bin and pulled out all of the T/L firing pin plungers that I have. 9 in total. They measure from 1.003" to 1.016"

You're welcome.

[Seth Mackay-Smith]

Great, thank you very much, Brian. Looking at some old threads, others have eyed up a measurement of an inch, so looks like that was the spec.
Appreciate the info.
Seth

[Dean Romig]

I’m sure Morris would be glad to listen to your concerns Wayne. Maybe he can offer a sulution - he has probably heard of it before...





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[Dean Romig]

It is my opinion that RST Classic Shotshells produces a good product, in fact one of the best on the market. The fact that a very small number of guns experience pierced primers doesn’t make their shells something less than a good product.





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[Seth Mackay-Smith]

Fair point. I'm always interested in how varied opinions are depending on the extent and quality (meaning, good or bad) of experience. I think I'll still follow your suggestion to talk to someone at RST, though; I've never seen an adequate substitute for actual conversation.