Posted: 2/5/2014 12:23:50 PM EDT
| Installed a S&A extended magwell and the grip safety sticks? Where did I screw up? |
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Quoted: Grip safety needs to be tuned to the thumb safety. Maybe you got some crap in there. Swap it back and see what happens. |
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Wat? More likely is that the new magwell/mainspring housing is slightly longer than the one you removed. Measure the old mainspring housing with a set of calipers and then remove material from the new housing until the dimensions match. Quoted:
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Grip safety needs to be tuned to the thumb safety. Maybe you got some crap in there. Swap it back and see what happens. this- if the gun ran fine before you added a new part- its almost always an issue with tolerance stacking. suspect that your new part needs fitting- never the ones on the gun that ran fine before you messed with it. |
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this- if the gun ran fine before you added a new part- its almost always an issue with tolerance stacking. suspect that your new part needs fitting- never the ones on the gun that ran fine before you messed with it. Quoted:
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Grip safety needs to be tuned to the thumb safety. Maybe you got some crap in there. Swap it back and see what happens. this- if the gun ran fine before you added a new part- its almost always an issue with tolerance stacking. suspect that your new part needs fitting- never the ones on the gun that ran fine before you messed with it. Thanks, that's what I figured |
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Quoted: How did the thumb safety, which was not changed according to the OP, become the culprit? More than likely the SA is a bit longer than the stock mainspring housing and is causing the grip safety to bind by rubbing on the top. |
| How about checking the far right (as looking from the rear) of your 3 leaf spring and make sure it is pushing with enough force onto the grip safety before you take a file to your gun? And if you feel the file is the correct tool, use a sharpie to determine where you have to remove metal. |
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Too, make sure that the safety lever that impinges on the back of the trigger is not binding. That is usually the culprit with a NEW grip safety. If it is binding in both directions ( on pressing and on release ) , take a clean, SOFT swipe off of each angle ( one swipe at a time ) with a VERY fine file until it operates freely. Be VERY judicious...take you r time. If you remove too much metal...you'll need a new Grip Safety. If it binds only in the release direction, take a swipe off of tehe bottom angle. If it is binding only on pressing ( rare..usually you just can't get it installed ) then swipe the TOP angle only. |
