Thread: HELP assembly of Stirling Model 16 action.

Apologies, couldn't get past the fact that Google couldn't copy this for me. Takes a bit to stuff a couple of hundred page book through a scanner... I've left them as large as I could within the limits of the forum, I don't think anything else would be any better for being able to zoom in on the pictures. The Norinco version is a little different to what is in the photo's I can't recall from the Stirling whether that was the same or not. I had to make another firing pin for my one out of gauge plate and harden it - it cracked through the corner as noted above.

Originally Posted by No good names left

Can't remember enough to be of any help to you, however when I had one of these I was told that a gentle chamfer added to the firing pin would turn it into full auto (fire until mag is empty though). Back then I was tempted to try it too

Yep, that's what mine started doing until the firing pin broke in half. One, maybe two then the bottom of the mag out in one go. A bit annoying, that was all the ammo we had in four or five shots and then had to sort a busted rifle.