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 stiff safety on my mak
stormwalker  [Team Member]
8/5/2009 11:44:12 PM
is there any way to smooth up the function of the safety on a Mak?

mine is not one hand thumb operable from the fire position, I have to shift the gun quite a bit to operate it with one hand.
echosierra3  [Member]
8/6/2009 6:34:16 AM
It'll loosen up as you use it. Take it apart and make sure it is lubed.
stormwalker  [Team Member]
8/6/2009 11:04:50 PM
Originally Posted By echosierra3:
It'll loosen up as you use it. Take it apart and make sure it is lubed.


it's lubed and I've fired over 200 rounds through it.

I even work it back and forth when I'm bored.
Gibbles  [Member]
8/28/2009 4:40:26 PM
My Circle 10 mak's safety was very stiff when I first got it, I'm pretty sure it was unfired.

I worked the safety on and off, it was very hard to switch, I took the safety out and cleaned the whole thing with brake cleaner, and the little spring on the safety that makes it click was full of cosmo, once I got that cleaned out it helped alot, but I still had to work the safety on and off.