Posted: 4/10/2012 6:15:47 PM EDT
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I purchased an FEG Hi Power from Sarco. I didn't like the trigger and the fact that the mags didn't drop free, so I removed the mag safety.
Then I decided that I wanted to shoot it, so I took it to a class. When I pulled it out I did a chamber check, dry fire, load mag and gun, and reholster. I fired off two rounds and then "it" happened. The trigger went mushy and wouldn't fire a round, the slide was jammed about 1cm out of battery, and the mag was jammed. I couldn't run the action, fire a round, or remove the mag. I had my instructor take a look at it. He tried running the slide, pulling the trigger, and removing the mag. No dice. So then he tries to run the slide by jamming the front of the slide into the table. (I was not pleased with that, as I belive he bent and cracked the trigger lever guide.  )
After that failed to work, I went to my back-up and shot the class. After the class wrapped up I tried to remove the mag, and I got it to come out. This allowed me to inspect the mag well and see the trigger lever intruding into the mag well. I was able to maneuver the lever back into the correct position, and then remove the slide. On closer inspection I found the the lever required very little force to wiggle out of its place. (In fact, I can shake the frame until it falls over and out.) I have shot the gun a few times since and it has happened a few times again. It is easy to solve now that I know the issue, but it is not reliable and I'd rather not have to go to the range wondering how many times I have to field strip it. Not to mention it not being able to be trusted for HD or CCW. So what can I do to prevent the trigger lever from falling away from the guide and into the magwell? Does the removal of the mag safety have something to do with it? (I'm not keen on putting the mag safety back in. If that's required I'd probably end up selling it.) So what says the hive? |
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Trigger spring is in wrong or broken, or not in the notch. Shouldn't have anything to do with removing he mag safety, otherwise the other 100,000 people who have done it would have had the same problem. Trigger lever shouldn't be just flopping around. Thanks. after reading your response I realized that the trigger spring was torquing the lever the wrong way, and was actually assisting it out of line. After a little fiddling with two pliers I made it so the spring keeps constant pressure to the correct side. We'll see if it stays, I suspect it will. Thanks every one for your help. It's so much better shooting this thing over the 92fs  . Feels so much better in my hands. Thanks for the help!
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