GREAT NEWS!! After 2 agonizing months I finally received a new made firing pin from a fantastic gun smith, and just down the road from me.
Picked up the rifle today with the firing pin installed then headed to my reloading cave to give it a try. I put in a blank case, lined up the primer to where I thought it should be then pulled the trigger and nothing
Okay, so I spun the primer a little lower like 3:00 then pulled the trigger
fired like it should!!
Tried 2 blanks and both fired, now to hit the range with a live round!!!
Wasn't exactly cheep to have it made but well worth it. Still going to keep looking for an original but for now I have one that works well.