i broke my shotgun

[Lych]

it looks great doesnt it? too bad it wont fire a damn shot
its missing one part
and here it is


i broke the firing pin dry firing my shotgun
rack click rack click rack click ping f@#!
supposedly its safe to dryfire but i guess i won the crap lottery
please dont take this as a post bashing the hawk 982 im pretty sure you can break a Remington in the same way if your unlucky
and until now the guns been great

guess its time to buy a pin

[BigDogatPlay]

Well that just sucks. Sorry to hear.

The Hawk is based on the 870, and it's hard to imagine breaking a firing pin on an 870 by dry firing.But for all I know the Chinese are using MIMed cap gun zinc to make their firing pins...

New pin and maybe some snap caps will solve the problem.

[Grassninja]

I guess you really do get what you pay for.

[sephy]

Pics aren't showing up for me but I'm sorry about your gun. Luck of the draw, I guess. Contact the company and see if they will give you a new one.

[tacticalcity]

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[Lych]

weird the pics showed up in the preview hopefully its fixed now or at least attached

[kpinole]

pics work for me. Nice wood stock!

[meaty-btz]

so you played with it till it broke?

Sorry couldn't resist.

[Lych]

yeah pretty much haha
i dont really mind because i still havent spent as much on it as a actual 870 express and it looks the way i want it
provided nothing else breaks

[Killawhale415]

Prepare for a tidal wave of I told you so's

[aippi]

Having worked on thousands of 870's over the years I have never seen a broken firing pin. I have replaced many firing pin retracting springs as these can get weak after about 20 years but never a firing pin. Had a police Chief insist I change out the firing pins opn his rebuilds even after I explained to him they were fine, oh well, I did but only charged him dealer cost for the new pins.

You should never dry fire an 870 more then about 10 million times. don't know about the clones.

I would not bash any model simply because of one part as any weapon can have an issue. It is an easy and inexpensive fix and not worth getting flustered about. It is also a DYI repair and if you get the part and need someone to talk you through it just call.