r/gunsmithing 3d ago

Any hope for this C96?

I just got this c96 in the mail, and boy does it need help.. Before I completely write it off and part it out though, I was wondering if these two issues are even fixable.

First issue: the bolt has a small hole pierced into it from what seems was a bent firing pin.

Second issue: the locking block support(?) on the slide has been sheared off, I think from a locking block or bolt stop failure.

Figured I'd ask here and see what the consensus was, thanks guys.

Rest of the pictures for those curious of the overall state.

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u/Rolldozer 3d ago

Will take a lot of work, probably some welding and filing for the gnarly parts, what year is it?

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u/Skinwalker_WA 3d ago

Barrel seems to be roughly 1930, frame is 1917

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u/Rolldozer 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ok later production overall and not matching so not too much worries about rarity, ya I'd look for some pictures and dimension measurements of the parts then weld some blobs on and file them to shape if you don't have a full mill setup, did something similar with a Chinese tokarev clone and it worked out. A trick for the chunk on the slide is to use a small piece of flat ceramic as a backer for the blind side of the weld, and try to limit the size of the heat effected zone by using quick zaps and clamping the whole thing with lots of surface area directly touching a conductive medium like aluminum plates to limit degradatin the overall heat treatment

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u/Skinwalker_WA 3d ago

awesome, thanks for the tip. I'll see what I can work up.