Good morning,
I wonder if you can recommend a common steel I can get to make a (Nedner type) Winchester firing pin body out of.
I intend to make the body and pin separate and use music wire for the pin. So it will be a two piece assembly put together with red loctite. This question is about the body only.
I know many steel choices will work and have been used. I don't have the easy option of heat treating. I think there are some alloys that can be machined and will work as is.
Brownell’s sells a product called "fatigue proof".
I just don't know what alloy choices would resist riveting.
I read someone even used old screwdrivers .
I have been told a grade 5 or grade 8 bolt is good but that is nothing special as there is no alloy spec for them - just a performance spec. So they could be made out of anything that finishes in spec.