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Posted: 4/30/2003 1:36:50 PM EDT
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Has anyone seen the J pin fail? At the range today my hammer pin almost fell out! I decided to call it quits and return home for troubleshooting. I removed the pin with the tip of a pen, effortlessly and pulled the hammer out. The J pin is not visible when I look through the hammer pin hole. Has anyone else had a hammer fail like this? Marc |
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Oddly enough, the last pre-ban AR I bought had this exact failure. I had just bought an AR-18 (not the 180) and the pins regularly walked out. One day I noticed my hammer pin of my Eagle Arms lower walking out. Lo and Behold, a fuct J-pin. I ordered a fresh hammer from ArmaLite instead of fixing it. My M16 had a similar failure. The internals that it came with looked like the best quality asian sweatshop stuff available and I replace them all right after that failure. It doesn't seem like a weak link in the design but it's happened to me twice in two years. Now I'm using the KNS non-rotating pins and this is not a worry. |
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