This is a FP out of my AR-10 (DPMS G2) 7.62x51. I had some crappy ammo that was way hot & primers were blowing. This is after I cleaned it today. It seems burned pretty bad & that's all the 'crust' I could get off it. Should I replace this FP?

If it won't clean up, maybe you should. Looks hosed up.

I think I will. Supposedly this FP is titanium but I question that. The only one I can find for it is a DPMS titanium one for $40 is the only reason I'm hesitant. Anybody know if the G2 uses a standard 7.62 BCG firing pin or if it's some odd-ball due to the BCG on the G2 being so much smaller than a standard ar-10 BCG?

Mail it to me before you throw it away.

So you can use it or check it out or ? I'm going to take a razor blade to it & see if I can clean it up. It really looks like it's been melted but keeps firing just fine.

Soak it in slip 2000 carbon killer

Run it through a tumbler and that should clean it.

Sea Foam MIGHT work also.

So I can clean it.

Brass brush on a bench grinder.

A new one is like $10, doesn't hurt to have items like firing pins, firing pin retaining pins, gas rings, extractors etc on hand

The only one available for this gun is $40, as posted above. Reply from DPMS this morning:
"It does not look as if it needs immediate replacement, but we always recommend having a field repair kit for the rifles at all times which includes the firing pin. Thank you".
I'll clean the snot out of it and post back. Can y'all tell in the picks that the end has been melted and is just a blob of what it used to be? It's pitted and deformed but I don't know if y'all can tell that from the pics. I'll clean it tomorrow and try to get a more detailed pic. Thanks!

My G2 was blowing primers and it was due to over sized firing pin hole in the bolt. Sent back they put a new bolt in and it was fixed early production it was an issue. If it keeps blowing primers I would send it in for replacement or you are going to keep cooking the pin.

Mine is the newer style yours was changed to. It was an ammo issue. Thanks.

Thanks, but DPMS told me today the firing pin to the G2 is proprietary and it's the only one that'll work. Thanks anyways!

Clean it, scrape off the carbon, oil it and it should be good to go. It looks good from the pics.

Better pics. The carbon fouling wasn't ever part of my concern, it's the melted tip. Thanks for the input!

If that was my rig I would replace since you have eliminated the firing pin hole size as the issue. That tip from the pics looks rough and I am guessing will continue to give you problems.

Wow. I'll bet that sucker will pierce every primer it lights from now on.

I'm a cheapskate, but I'd probably spend the $40 and replace it.

I would replace. I want everything I use to be the tits

price of a firing pin

replace

keep extras all the time,