Well, I just picked-up the problem 336 from the gunsmith.  He fired it before tear-down and experienced several misfires.  When he took it apart - no broken firing pin; no broken springs; everything tight and proper.  All he could do is clean it and polish some of the parts.  He also polished a slight taper on the end of the rear half of the firing pin.  Gun working fine now, but as I said in the very beginning, the problem comes and goes.  At this point, who knows.  Guess the next step will be new springs if the problem persists.