Fact: Firing pins are designed to be pushed deeply into the primer (igniter) of the round. The depth of the engraving (approximately 0.005 inch)1 is vastly smaller than the tolerance of the firing pins drive depth.
Fact: In a test, the engravings were removed using a 50-year-old knife sharpening stone in less than a minute. The [...]
Posts under ‘Microstamping’
Myth: Filing the firing pin to defeat Microstamping will make the gun inoperable
Myth: Independent testing by forensic technologists shows that Microstamping technology is reliable
Fact: Firing pins are readily removable and swappable in most models of handguns, and inexpensive replacement parts. Criminals who file down serial numbers on the sides of guns won’t hesitate to file or exchange firing pins.
Fact: 46% of impressions ranked as “unsatisfactory” (i.e., illegible) after only ten rounds.1
This is an excerpt from “Gun Facts” by [...]
