Hi Power trigger problem...

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I bought an FEG PJK-9 which is a copy of a Browning Hi Power...I removed the magazine safety disconnect and now the trigger will not re-set after firing a round. What have I done wrong....or what must I do to get it back in operation?

Randy
 
How close a copy is it? I watched a video (a couple I think) on youtube and followed that with no problems, might check them out. What did you use as a guide? And yes, it did help the trigger pull.
 
probably the same you tube videos...you are quite correct in that it helps the trigger immensely....not to figure out what I have done wrong...perhaps removing the entire trigger assy. and start over...

Randy
 
Check the position of the spring in the top of the trigger. This does two things: the front acts as a trigger return spring, the back, long tail is supposed to be in the slot of the vertical piece (disconnector) that contacts the trigger/action bar in the slide. [Assuming FEG kept the Browning design in this part of the weapon.]

If the long tail isn't in the right place, or if the spring has been pinched by the trigger pivot pin, the disconnector isn't going to properly return to place. If the disconnector isn't exactly where it's supposed to be, that can also cause problems.

How it works: when you pull fire the weapon, the trigger remains back, the slide runs in recoil and returns in battery. The front of the trigger/action bar pushes the disconnector forward. When you release the trigger, the trigger goes forward and the disconnecter is supposed to drop down below the action bar and move to the rear wall of its slot so it can re-engage the action bar.

Note: when you remove the magazine safety, you introduce much overtravel to the trigger. You might try replacing the safety widget without the spring to act as an overtravel stop.

If you're careful, you can reshape the part of the safety that contacts the magazine and reduce the length of the spring and end up with a magazine safety that works, but doesn't negatively affect the trigger. Or at least you can on a Browning.
 
Check the position of the spring in the top of the trigger. This does two things: the front acts as a trigger return spring, the back, long tail is supposed to be in the slot of the vertical piece (disconnector) that contacts the trigger/action bar in the slide. [Assuming FEG kept the Browning design in this part of the weapon.]

If the long tail isn't in the right place, or if the spring has been pinched by the trigger pivot pin, the disconnector isn't going to properly return to place. If the disconnector isn't exactly where it's supposed to be, that can also cause problems.

How it works: when you pull fire the weapon, the trigger remains back, the slide runs in recoil and returns in battery. The front of the trigger/action bar pushes the disconnector forward. When you release the trigger, the trigger goes forward and the disconnecter is supposed to drop down below the action bar and move to the rear wall of its slot so it can re-engage the action bar.

Note: when you remove the magazine safety, you introduce much overtravel to the trigger. You might try replacing the safety widget without the spring to act as an overtravel stop.

If you're careful, you can reshape the part of the safety that contacts the magazine and reduce the length of the spring and end up with a magazine safety that works, but doesn't negatively affect the trigger. Or at least you can on a Browning.

WR Moore, I suspect you've hit on the cause and solution to OP's problem. I've got a couple of FEG PJK-9HPs, along with a couple of FN/Browning HPs, and the former are exact clones of the latter. If OP has a PJK-9HP, it sounds like exactly what you're describing. (FEG gradually introduced changes to its so-called HPs, starting with the slide stop, then going over to a S&W-type lockup system and DA/SA trigger. But the PJK-9HPs were dead ringers for the Brownings, with all their few faults and many virtues.)
 
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