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Posted: 1/20/2005 8:46:10 PM EDT
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I just put together my second build (a JT upper on a Stag lower with a RRA national match trigger); it's a belated Christmas present for my dad. Anyway, the safety is stuck in the "Fire" position. Is it just stiff (REAL stiff), or did I do something wrong? |
I had this problem too until I figured out it will only move to "safe" when the hammer is cocked. Cock your hammer and see if it moves freely then. It will not move to SAFE unless the gun is ready to fire, unlike conventional long guns. Dave |
Hmmm....hadn't even thought of that. FWIW, my only non-AR long gun (Rem 700) will only allow the safety to be engaged when it is ready to fire. |
Well, like all my shotguns at least  Thats what I'm most familiar with. |
| +1 on the bad detent , I recieved a bad selector also , to deep and burred . Call J&T they will send you a new one . Ask for a new detent pin also in case the tip has gotten buggered up from trying to opperate it ( prolly not but just in case ) . If this was a kit and the parts came from J&T , lol . |
| Here's another idea, the safety selector spring is too long for the hole drilled in the grip. I had this happen when I switched from a regular grip to the SPR grip. Ended up using my Leatherman to cut off a millimeter or two off the spring. If you cut the spring too much, just take a small piece of paper, roll it up into a little ball, and stick it down the spring's hole in the grip. As un-tactical as it sounds, it does work. The tolerance between a stuck safety, perfect safety, and a loose safety is very small (think of how small the point on the detent is), so play around with cutting a bit off the spring and seeing if it works. Hopefully this is your problem (a relatively common one) instead of a bad part that you have to send back. |
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Yes Cutting down the spring is a very fast fix when it's a depth issue - different grips can cause this. The springs are cheap to get, and if you just go one ring at a time - you'll do fine - I adjusted one this way for a hogue grip - helps to have a few extra springs in case you switch back though. G'luck |
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