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Posted: 3/18/2009 10:31:24 AM EDT
| Can anyone tell me exactly what the disconnector does and if the rifle will function without it? |
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basically It holds the hammer back to prevent the hammer from following the Bolt Carrier forward.
IMO It is unsafe to operate without it, and can cause you legal troubles if your rifle doubles since it will be assumed that you intentionally took the disconnector out to remove the purpose it serves - preventing more than one discharge from a single pull of the trigger. |
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The disconnector is the piece that catches and retains the hammer after firing, and before you release the trigger. If it is removed, the hammer will follow the bolt assyforward after you fire one round, and you end up with the hammer down , and an unfired round in the chamber.
And no, it will NOT fire the second round, no matter what fairy tasles you've seen/heard. I suppose you could handload some rounds with thin pistol primers that would go off, but factory 5.56mm/.223 ammo is loaded with primers that are far too thick in the body to be set off with the hammer simply ending up on the back of the firing pin after the hammer follwed the bolt assy forward. |
| It likely won't function if you take it out. The hammer will follow the bolt but not have enough force to set off the primer. The disconnector grabs the hammer and holds it until you release the trigger. Once you release the trigger the disconnector lets go and the sear engages the hammer. On an auto the disconnector would hold the hammer until the auto sear trips the disconnector and releases the hammer. |
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