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Posted: 1/13/2008 10:10:30 PM EDT
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I noticed that my hammer pin kinda sticks out slightly on the right side of the receiver. I can also push it back in, but walks out slightly to its original position (slightly sticking out) when I manually cock the hammer back. However, the pin does not walk out any further than this even after repeated manual cocking of the hammer. Everything has been correctly installed, so I'm wondering what the issue is. The LPK is a Stag one and the lower is also a Stag. Here are some pics:  
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The hammer pin is held in place by the "j" spring in the hammer, using the center groove in the pin. You may have a case of the "j" pin not being exactly centered, or the groove in the pin "beveled" a bit to the opposite side that the pin is protruding. Personally, if what you show in the pic is as far as it "walks" i would not be concerned. If it bothers you, try swapping the hammer and trigger pins (this will eliminate a groove problem). Or, you could just reverse the pin and see if it "walks" out the other side. 
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In other words, completely normal  BTW, Conti built lowers, whether Stag, Rock River, or any of the other outfits they build lowers for, all tend to be just a bit narrower, by a few thousanths, than some of the other brands. Every one of the four Conti lowers I have shows about as much protrusion as your pic, out one side of the other. 
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Trust me, my rifle is not going to be a pampered safe queen. I got over having everything having to "look nice" after my first AR. I was just wondering if the slightly protuding pin was gonna be a problem. I'm so used to seeing everyone having perfect rifles and KNS anti-rotation kits that it's hard to tell what's "normal" sometimes. I'm just glad to know that nothing is out of the ordinary wtih my rifle. Are you in the military? Armorer? Just curious, cuz you mention "racks full of Colt and FN rifle just like that." |
Yep, you guessed it. I am .mil, however I am not a armorer....just a 1SG for the company. You would be pretty amazed at just how worn looking and shaky a 16 can be yet still work great. Really no difference in FN or Colt now, the first FNs a few years back with the dot matrix logo were pretty crappy but they are good to go now. When the 203s get mouonted on the new M4s there will not be any FN or Colt A4s here anymore. And yes, just about every one of them has pins that rotate and wabble around some.....right out of the shipping box. |
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