any ideas

[rip]

hello pappy was wondering if you could tell me what this is.Its 4 1/4 inches long and 9/16 inches thick.Iwas thinking firing pin but not sure.

[Toadie]

Looks alot like a grommet tool or a snap tool used for installing snaps and grommets on canvas, leather, denim and such. But the rear end looks like a firing pin the way it is housed in the outer shell. Hard to tell because I can't judge the size of the end because of the angle of the picture. I know some of the Mauser firing pins look similiar to what you have here but they are not as thick in the overall body. I have one around here somewhere in all my gunsmithing stuff and I will try to locate it and post a pic. Also the firing pin normally wouldn't have a hole drilled in the cross section beacause it weakens it some. But I have seen stranger stuff on some of the guns I have worked on.

When you measured 9/16" thick were you measuring the whole body? Thinking about it and looking at it more I am thinking maybe Savage firing pin possibly..

James

[PAPPY]

Looks to me to be a grommet set but we will check a little more...PAPPY

[rip]

total body thickness is 9/16.