[waterboy]

i have a kel tec .380 that i polished out the out side of the slide to like a chrome look


i have not fired the gun in months and the firing pin keeps falling out i put lok tight on it still falls out ?

need help

 

[rjhauser]

what did you put loc-tite on?

???

 

[waterboy]

the back side of the firing pin close to the back i think thats why it keeps falling out

 

[Nakanokalronin]

Wait, you put loc-tite on the firing pin??? ??? I'm pretty sure that was a bad idea. The firing pin needs to move you know.

 

[waterboy]

lok tight is very easy to get off.......


what should i do help.............

 

[waterboy]

i have been putting gasket sealer on it

its not lock tight

 

[rcmodel]

Well, That Right There is your Problem!

Clean all that gunk off, use Blue Loc-tite on it, and be done fooling with it.

rcmodel

 

[zeke]

http://www.kel-tec.com/p3atparts.html

Look at the link above. You need to remove the buttonhead screw #183, push the firing pin in slightly and tighten #183 again.

Look at your firing pin it should have a U shaped area that the buttonhead screw fits into. The screw riding in this area is what allow the firing pin to go far enough forward to strike the primer and keep it from coming out the rear of the slide.

When you reassemble put a very small amount of blue loctite on the last few threads (near the head) of the screw. That will keep it from backing out.

 

[JFB]

It could be the tip of the button head is worn away and not retaining the FP

 

[Wilson]

Waterboy, check the top of your Buttonhead that is on the side of the slide to make sure it doesn’t have any lettering on it.

Wilson – who’s always concerned about the improbable :-/