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12/27/2003 7:51:56 PM EDT
How hard is it to install one of those TAPCO trigger groups?  It came with no instruction, does that mean it's a no brainer or does it mean they assume I'm a gunsmith?
12/27/2003 8:49:40 PM EDT
[#1]
It's pretty easy - pull the Shepard's hook out and then work the pivot pins out - swap the FCG and put the pivot  pins back in. The hardest thing will be getting the Shepherd's hook back in after installing the trigger. You can refer to page two of the RSA installation instructions for how to get the trigger out.

www.redstararms.com/uploads/RSA_trigger.pdf
12/27/2003 9:30:22 PM EDT
[#2]
Buying one of RSA's shepard hook replacements will save you alot of cursing.
12/28/2003 7:10:13 AM EDT
[#3]
draw a quick sketch of how your shepherd's crook retaining wire is routed PRIOR to removing it from the rifle.

this wire is located inside the left receiver wall and is seated in the trigger and hammer pivot pin grooves in order to retain the pins from walking out of their holes.

there is a small spring between the trigger and disconnector. be careful as you remove the trigger pivot pin that this spring does not go flying into the cosmos.


lastly, tapco's parts come with no instructions because the cheap, sleazy bastards are too tight and too inconsiderate to include them with the parts. honestly, the idiocy of selling parts that affect the safety of a firearm without including basic instructions is beyond me.
12/28/2003 3:32:16 PM EDT
[#4]
Yeah, the packageing for the TAPCO parts is kind cheap, but if you pay attention when you take them out, its not hard to get them back in right.

I just got one for my Maadi and I like it a lot better that the stock trigger.
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