I’m a little concerned about what I just found. I pulled the new roll pin that support sent me and after 30-40 dry fires I found it’s dented more than it probably should be. I have not done any live fire since I replaced it, just some dry fire. It has a half moon shape dent just like the original one that broke.
Look at the picture and let me know what you all think.
Can you send a pic of your firing pin?
Don’t forget the first firing pin broke and the roll pin was damaged as is shown in the pics above. The new firing pin is putting the same kind of dent in the new roll pin. To be clear, the firing pin, spring, and the roll pin are all new, and showing the same damage as the original parts.
I’ll try to get a pic posted as soon as I have a chance.
The repair kits now come with the roll pins.
I already have the akv put together right now with another new roll pin. Once I break it down I can post the new firing pin picture.
But for reference here are closeups of the old parts compare the new roll pin.
Old firing pin (broken)
Old roll pin with same type of half round dent, and the broken chip missing.
And of course the new roll pin after 30-40 dry fires with a new firing pin.
Those dents are very similar in the old and new roll pin, even though they had different firing pins.
Is the firing pin bouncing back hard enough to cause the damage, even when dry fired? If it gets worse, it may chip the roll pin like before and lead to another stuck firing and possible a bad mishap.
By the way. I did try the roll pin out of an AKV repair kit, but it didn’t fit (too small). Support told me there was several different roll pins used over time, and they sent me 3 or 4 different ones. Only one of those fit (though it was shorter in length, almost too short) and it’s the new one in the pics with the new damage.
The repair kits should come with several roll pins to choose from.
I’d call CS again and see what they say. I think you had an unnoticed piece of spring fall out on first dis-assembly. I also think had you loaded 2 rounds my bet would be on possibly one but not likely the second round firing.
Its a floating firing pin that is held in by a roll pin. The roll pin is lible to take some damage. FWIW i hwve thousands of rounds through my akv with no issues.
I do sans issues as well. The roll pin is considered a wear item regardless, hence it’s in the repair kit. Honestly I think it’ll stay about right there for like a few thousand rounds at minimum.
My roll pin chipped after 800 rounds, mostly PSA 9mm 124gr rounds.
I never found the chipped piece. I believe the chip was caused by the firing pin hiting it, since the chip is at the edge of the half round dent.
You can see the chip area near the top of the pin.
Repair kit part didn’t fit, the roll pin was too small. Hope the other parts in the kit work, but I haven’t tried them.
You can use a punch to expand the roll pin if needed.
It’s a very small roll pin, I don’t have a punch that tiny, not much room in there for a punch, maybe a very small nail to open it up? Another thing, the original was a coiled spring roll pin, but the ones they sent are more like a slotted roll pin. The original had about 2 or more coils and seemed stronger.
I have a tee tiny one as well. I’ll pull it when it fails. To be clear the SN on mine is sub 500 .
A nail should work also. Just go slow.
Any tips on getting the pin back in? I already broke one and I’m on my last pin. 
Well. It looks like I need to order a new roll pin for the firing pin.
Other than using a roll pin starter punch, I don’t know. Thats what I used, and it was harder getting the new one in compared to knocking out the old one.
Yep, gotta use a punch.
Got it! I wasn’t pushing the firing pin in to make way for the roll pin. Made my old roll pin work. I contacted PSA to see if I could order a few spare roll pins. Thanks guys.
Project update: I had a broken firing pin. That should definetly fix the issue, fingers crossed. It broke in the same exact way as the one above.
That firing pin looks exactly like mine when it broke.
You might need to tell PSA to send you several roll pins of different size.
The first time they sent just one roll pin and it was way too small. I called back and they told me there was several different pins used throughout the years and sent me 3 more different size pins. Only 1 of all 4 roll pins was the correct size.
The roll pins in my “AKV repair kit” might be useless like mine, the included pin didn’t fit. They should put all the 4 roll pin versions in the kit.
