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8/28/2026 2:11:37 PM EDT
Tuesday, I put a few rounds through my gun and decided to go ahead and polish the trigger bow after I cleaned the gun.  Apparently, I did something when reassembling it and bent the sear spring, both the middle and right tines. Once I put the main spring housing in place, I tried cocking it, and the hammer was VERY heavy, as in I could not get it to full cock.

Once I was done cussing myself out, I gave some money to WC. I picked up another magazine, a trigger with a short shoe, and 3 sear springs. I got three sear springs for a couple of reasons:

1. I have already scewed one up.
2. I do want to change the trigger pull weight and want to have at least one that is 'factory'.
3. In the future, I plan to build one from the ground up and will need one then.

When putting the gun back together with the WC sear spring (bulletproof), I did have to adjust the right tine so there would be some tension on the grip safety. When I did this, I was careful to only move that tine.

As screw-ups go, I guess this one was not too bad. I thought I was paying attention when I first put the gun together. I would like to know just what happened to screw it up.

Anyway, I figured you guys needed someone to laugh at today.

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