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Posted: 4/14/2011 5:19:10 AM EDT
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Just picked a 10/22 in a Butler Creek folding stock. The trigger pin keeps walking out, then the trigger will not re-set.
It looks to me like the stock is about a mm wider that the factory stock. Any easy cures for this problem. I'm thinking a piece of duct tape on each side of the pin, but I hate to go redneck. |
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at least one of the companies that offers aftermarket trigger upgrades makes oversized pins... they *might* help. i think Kidd has 'em.
you could also try green loctite which is for sleeves and stuff like that, not threaded stuff. forget the number. only use a TINY amount because you don't want it getting into the trigger area and affecting how it pivots. aluminum duct tape would be more durable than the fabric stuff, probably less rednecky too. you could use JB Weld or any of the various epoxy putties to build up the area inside the stock. liquid epoxy would work too, but may need a tape dam to keep it from running off. you could also use a soldering iron and some scrap plastic of a similar type to build up the area. this will take some work, but may be the least redneck fix, either with epoxy or plastic. |
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Just picked a 10/22 in a Butler Creek folding stock. The trigger pin keeps walking out, then the trigger will not re-set. It looks to me like the stock is about a mm wider that the factory stock. Any easy cures for this problem. I'm thinking a piece of duct tape on each side of the pin, but I hate to go redneck. There is a simple fix that is commonly used on many machines. Take the pin that is walking out. On its side, right at the end of the pin where it would be touching the receiver, take a center punch and just strike a spot. If need be, do two or three of these little dimples evenly spaced around the pin. If you do not have a center punch you can use a normal (but sharp) chisel and do exactly the same same. Its a "poor mans" knurling. Do it very lightly to start with. What happens is when you punch on the metal it cause a "dent" where you strike it but that metal them pushes up and out making the pin actually larger in diameter. Its done all the time on machines and firearms to make pins fit more snug. You don't have to do it to both sides, just one. Insert it on the same that is "plain" and then it won't tighten until its all the way inserted. It should only require a light tap or two. Been there, done that, works fine. |
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