![This is why my firing pin is so sticky inside the bolt. The little pin is so worn that it falls right out of the bolt. I changed out a new firing This is why my firing pin is so sticky inside the bolt. The little pin is so worn that it falls right out of the bolt. I changed out a new firing](https://i.redd.it/this-is-why-my-firing-pin-is-so-sticky-inside-the-bolt-the-v0-1z72u728urlb1.jpg?width=1922&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=226c4f8194c5a6fb5dea6ba18a9b841212aa1d8a)
This is why my firing pin is so sticky inside the bolt. The little pin is so worn that it falls right out of the bolt. I changed out a new firing
Although the firing pin, ejector, and extractor on any semiautomatic firearm are subjected to most stress and often do break, why do they never seem to break on the Kalashnikov AK-47 design? -
![FTF: Light primer strike with question of soft firing pin on an NHM 91. Updated 04/03/2016 - AR15.COM FTF: Light primer strike with question of soft firing pin on an NHM 91. Updated 04/03/2016 - AR15.COM](http://i.imgur.com/gphfUjw.jpg)
FTF: Light primer strike with question of soft firing pin on an NHM 91. Updated 04/03/2016 - AR15.COM
![Firing pin ejected from bolt, wedged in dust cover. Retaining pin still in place and stuck. Yikes. : r/ak47 Firing pin ejected from bolt, wedged in dust cover. Retaining pin still in place and stuck. Yikes. : r/ak47](https://preview.redd.it/firing-pin-ejected-from-bolt-wedged-in-dust-cover-retaining-v0-kh63z6d6o5d91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c46ee095af39fbda4324a21912531607e2239b79)
Firing pin ejected from bolt, wedged in dust cover. Retaining pin still in place and stuck. Yikes. : r/ak47
![FTF: Light primer strike with question of soft firing pin on an NHM 91. Updated 04/03/2016 - AR15.COM FTF: Light primer strike with question of soft firing pin on an NHM 91. Updated 04/03/2016 - AR15.COM](http://i.imgur.com/c3vulkL.jpg)
FTF: Light primer strike with question of soft firing pin on an NHM 91. Updated 04/03/2016 - AR15.COM
![Firing pin ejected from bolt, wedged in dust cover. Retaining pin still in place and stuck. Yikes. : r/ak47 Firing pin ejected from bolt, wedged in dust cover. Retaining pin still in place and stuck. Yikes. : r/ak47](https://preview.redd.it/firing-pin-ejected-from-bolt-wedged-in-dust-cover-retaining-v0-pbm807d6o5d91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=67d20fd544fe5cf0374b4cb5b6419475aaf30f17)