marine6680
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Make sure the trigger bar loop is not bent outward.
If during your adjustments, you allowed the trigger bar loop to bend outward away from the main part of the trigger bar, it will then stick out farther under the sear.
When this happens, the trigger can not reset, as the loop is not pulled from under the sear and allowing the sear to re-engage the striker.
When looking at the top of you frame with the slide removed, the trigger bar loop should be parallel to the main body of the trigger bar. If the loop is bent outward, toward the sear, the loop can not move fully out of the way during reset, the sear stays down, and the trigger and striker will not reset.
You see the nub/tab sticking up from the trigger bar?
That nub does more than just disengage the striker block... It rides along a camming surface in the slide. The camming surface pushes the nub and therfore the trigger bar, outboard... When that happens, the trigger bar loop slides out from under the sear, allowing the sear to snap up and catch the striker, and allows the trigger to reset as the trigger is released.
From your description, this is what I would bet the problem is.
Replacing the old parts may not fix the issue either. You may find they do the same thing.
It's an easy fix, just make sure the trigger bar loop is parallel to the main section of the trigger bar, and is straight vertical as well and not bent over.
I had this problem happen to me when doing adjustments. It doesn't take a lot of movement to make this problem occur. And you can't really test it with the slide removed, as you can move the bar by hand farther than it moves when actuated by the slide.
Keep in mind, that the trigger bar loop does not sit under the sear fully... Only the outer half /edge of the loop rides under the sear...
Yeah it looks weird, like it's not right, it seems like it should be fully under the sear, but it should not. Just about half of the width of the loop will engage the sear.
I tried to be as descriptive as I could... If someone can provide pics, that may help. I am unable at the moment.
Edit:
The pic in post #10 shows how only half the loop is under the sear. That is normal.
If during your adjustments, you allowed the trigger bar loop to bend outward away from the main part of the trigger bar, it will then stick out farther under the sear.
When this happens, the trigger can not reset, as the loop is not pulled from under the sear and allowing the sear to re-engage the striker.
When looking at the top of you frame with the slide removed, the trigger bar loop should be parallel to the main body of the trigger bar. If the loop is bent outward, toward the sear, the loop can not move fully out of the way during reset, the sear stays down, and the trigger and striker will not reset.
You see the nub/tab sticking up from the trigger bar?
That nub does more than just disengage the striker block... It rides along a camming surface in the slide. The camming surface pushes the nub and therfore the trigger bar, outboard... When that happens, the trigger bar loop slides out from under the sear, allowing the sear to snap up and catch the striker, and allows the trigger to reset as the trigger is released.
From your description, this is what I would bet the problem is.
Replacing the old parts may not fix the issue either. You may find they do the same thing.
It's an easy fix, just make sure the trigger bar loop is parallel to the main section of the trigger bar, and is straight vertical as well and not bent over.
I had this problem happen to me when doing adjustments. It doesn't take a lot of movement to make this problem occur. And you can't really test it with the slide removed, as you can move the bar by hand farther than it moves when actuated by the slide.
Keep in mind, that the trigger bar loop does not sit under the sear fully... Only the outer half /edge of the loop rides under the sear...
Yeah it looks weird, like it's not right, it seems like it should be fully under the sear, but it should not. Just about half of the width of the loop will engage the sear.
I tried to be as descriptive as I could... If someone can provide pics, that may help. I am unable at the moment.
Edit:
The pic in post #10 shows how only half the loop is under the sear. That is normal.
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