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Posted: 9/9/2008 10:34:49 AM EDT
| The hammer pin on my lower will stick out on the right side about 1/16 of an inch. I assume this means it is walking out. It never moves more than this no matter how hard I try make it walk even further. I assume there's just a tiny bit of play where the hammer rests on the groove on the hammer pin. Since it can't be moved anymore than this do I really need to worry? I'm just curious if when people refer to their hammer/trigger pins walking they mean they completely start moving out of the lower or in my case 1/16 of an inch. |
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if the trigger pin was walking it could be do to the hammer sping not being in the right place on the trigger pin. The hammer spring has to ride on top of the trigger pin. In his case the hammer pin is walking. 1st thing I would check is to see if the hammer has the J spring. |
Correct you are, had my pins confused. |
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I had a similar issue with two different hammers. The J spring was bent in such a way that it would let the pin walk out the 1/16" or less that you describe. I removed the J springs and looked at them carefully. I tweaked them to sit correctly in the hammers, without swaying to one side, and the issue was corrected. The spring deffinitely needs to have a whip in it to be retained in the hammer, but these were just bent in such a direction that it let the hammer pin walk out to a noticable amount then stop. I guess it shows that the smallest detail in manufacturing can/will effect the end result.......our rifles. Hope this helps. |
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