FPS assembly tip

Probably everyone knows this but me, but I got tired of fighting with the extractor, firing pin and slide stop, trying to line everything up and watching the firing pin go flying away, so today (after doing it the hard way about 15,000 times) I came up with this.

Insert the extractor. Insert firing pin with spring and use an appropriate sized rod or punch to push the firing pin into ts tunnel as far as it will go. It will stick out the breech face about 1/4". at which point you can use a hemostat with padded jaws (small neoprene tubing, or tape) to grab the firing pin right where it comes out of the breech face. Do so and lock the hemostat.

Now, you can align the extractor notch and easily insert the firing pin stop all the way. Release the hemostat and the firing pin pops into place. Done.

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FPS assembly tip