My trigger is acting up...

R4MBLIN WRECK · Apr 13, 2013

So yesterday at the range I my rifle was firing and ejecting just fine, but after I fired one round I could not fire a second shot until I heard a click after pulling trigger 3-5 times. The process kept repeating itself. Today, I did a trigger test where you hold down on the trigger and with your thumb on the hammer and then push the hammer back down and then you release your finger from the trigger. When I released the trigger, the hammer just stayed in place and didn't click back up unless i pull the trigger a few times. Its as if the disconnector refuses to release the hammer.

diducmeb4 · Apr 13, 2013

Did you check the spring?

R4MBLIN WRECK · Apr 13, 2013

diducmeb4 said:
Did you check the spring?

Which spring?

yugowego · Apr 13, 2013

I would take the FCG out and give it a good cleaning and inspection... After that you should be good to go (if it was just gummed up) or know what might be causing the problem... Get some good pics of the FCG before you take it out and with it out of the rifle... Then we can go from there on trouble shooting your problem.

R4MBLIN WRECK · Apr 13, 2013

yugowego said:
I would take the FCG out and give it a good cleaning and inspection... After that you should be good to go (if it was just gummed up) or know what might be causing the problem... Get some good pics of the FCG before you take it out and with it out of the rifle... Then we can go from there on trouble shooting your problem.

I'm not really sure how to assess this. So maybe you could shed some light on it.

R4MBLIN WRECK · Apr 13, 2013

Another pic...I think its a better angle of the trigger group

yugowego · Apr 13, 2013

Looks to me like your hammer spring took a **** and is letting your hammer pin walk out... Push your hammer pin back in... You have two choices here, send it back to S&W to fix it or buy a new milspec FCG to replace it.

yugowego · Apr 13, 2013

Also pull the FCG out to make sure the broken spring is not down in there ready to cause more havoc

R4MBLIN WRECK · Apr 13, 2013

yugowego said:
Looks to me like your hammer spring took a **** and is letting your hammer pin walk out... Push your hammer pin back in... You have two choices here, send it back to S&W to fix it or buy a new milspec FCG to replace it.

Oh wow. Well, I appreciate you taking look. I will definitely be shipping this to S&W now. Doesn't the hammer look crooked? Something tells me it shouldn't be that way.

SimpleWeaponSolutions · Apr 13, 2013

Watch this video, it should help with taking the trigger out and finding out what is wrong.

CMMG Lower Parts Kit - YouTube

and this picture should help too.

mp15.22 · Apr 13, 2013

R4MBLIN WRECK said:
Oh wow. Well, I appreciate you taking look. I will definitely be shipping this to S&W now.

Prolly be faster if you just buy a KNS pin kit for like $20bucks at a lgs rather then sending it back to SW.

TYSTYX · Apr 13, 2013

There's no need to buy a new FCG just because the springs are broken or the pins are walking. Springs are easy to replace and pins can be pushed back in. I wouldn't send it back to S&W. Look at the hammer and trigger pins on both sides on the outside of the lower receiver. Are they recessed evenly on both sides?

R4MBLIN WRECK · Apr 13, 2013

TYSTYX said:
There's no need to buy a new FCG just because the springs are broken or the pins are walking. Springs are easy to replace and pins can be pushed back in. I wouldn't send it back to S&W. Look at the hammer and trigger pins on both sides on the outside of the lower receiver. Are they recessed evenly on both sides?

The trigger pins seem to be even, but the hammer pins are no where near even.

yugowego · Apr 13, 2013

TYSTYX said:
There's no need to buy a new FCG just because the springs are broken or the pins are walking. Springs are easy to replace and pins can be pushed back in.

Ever replaced a J spring?.. Hammer and trigger spring are fine, its the internal hammer spring thats more than likely broke... I personally wouldnt send it back either... As posted above KNS pins, a new hammer or complete FCG will fix it... It is easy and a ton of youtube videos to walk you through it.

R4MBLIN WRECK · Apr 13, 2013

yugowego said:
Ever replaced a J spring?.. Hammer and trigger spring are fine, its the internal hammer spring thats more than likely broke... I personally wouldnt send it back either... As posted above KNS pins, a new hammer or complete FCG will fix it... It is easy and a ton of youtube videos to walk you through it.

No, I have never replaced any springs on any kind of rifle before. That's why I am a tad hesitant, but if it's a simple fix then I'm willing to do it.

yugowego · Apr 13, 2013

R4MBLIN WRECK said:
No, I have never replaced any springs on any kind of rifle before. That's why I am a tad hesitant, but if it's a simple fix then I'm willing to do it.

Watch a few youtube videos on it... It not hard at all... PM me your address and ill send you a FCG.

R4MBLIN WRECK · Apr 13, 2013

Hold on a second guys...Alright checking out the hammer pins, I just put a little bit of torsion on the hammer and pushed the protruding pin back in a little bit and now the hammer is working like it should again, but the hammer pin still isn't completely even.

yugowego · Apr 13, 2013

It will work fine the the pin walks out again... The pin has a grove in the center of it and the hammer has a "J" spring internally the rides in the grove of the pin to keep it from walking out

mp15.22 · Apr 13, 2013

R4MBLIN WRECK said:
No, I have never replaced any springs on any kind of rifle before. That's why I am a tad hesitant, but if it's a simple fix then I'm willing to do it.

Its really easy bro. I put in the JP springs and KNS pin kit by watching this video. I big lengthy, but real easy to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R4eVw1SXdA

R4MBLIN WRECK · Apr 13, 2013

yugowego said:
It will work fine the the pin walks out again... The pin has a grove in the center of it and the hammer has a "J" spring internally the rides in the grove of the pin to keep it from walking out

So I will still need to replace the "J" spring to prevent this from happening, again?

My trigger is acting up...

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