Get it fixed before you fire it again!
Should I just give it back the the smith and have him rework it?
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Depends on how reputable he is. If he is fly by night or shady I would not... but if he has been
around a long time then I would definitely take it back to him.
Do I need a higher LB. trigger return spring?
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dunno, I didnt do the trigger job
Do I go to another smith?
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See 2nd question
What could have happened if an ATF officer was around?
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It would definitely been your bad day... You most likely would have been able to show some
receipts proving you just had the trigger worked on but they most likely would have confiscated
the rifle to do "testing" on. You DO have a receipt for the smith work dont you ??
I would shudder to think what would happen if the smith was questioned by the ATF and he swears to them that he function tested it and it was working just fine when you picked it up. The only way it would have done that is if YOU had been tinkering with it.
Then you could be charged with contructing a machine gun... I believe that is 10 years / $100,000 fine.
You got lucky.
LB