phl
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Hello all - my first post here, so just wanted to say howdy before I picked your brains. So..........howdy!
I have a Rock Island Arsenal model 1903, ser. #430***, cal. .30-06. A few years back, the cocking piece (firing pin rod) broke and I ordered a new one from my smith. (Somehow, I ended up with two, but that's another story.) Being the middle of winter, and nothing better to do, I decided to assemble it today. This is where the problem started. When I went to re-assemble, everything fits fine, sorta. I am not sure if the cocking pieces are different than the original. When assembled, the safety lever does not engage the cocking piece unless you pull it back about 1/8". Do I have to grind the cocking piece down to move the groove for the safety forward, or do I have the wrong cocking piece? (Both that I got from my smith measure up to be the same, but they could both be wrong.) Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Paul
I have a Rock Island Arsenal model 1903, ser. #430***, cal. .30-06. A few years back, the cocking piece (firing pin rod) broke and I ordered a new one from my smith. (Somehow, I ended up with two, but that's another story.) Being the middle of winter, and nothing better to do, I decided to assemble it today. This is where the problem started. When I went to re-assemble, everything fits fine, sorta. I am not sure if the cocking pieces are different than the original. When assembled, the safety lever does not engage the cocking piece unless you pull it back about 1/8". Do I have to grind the cocking piece down to move the groove for the safety forward, or do I have the wrong cocking piece? (Both that I got from my smith measure up to be the same, but they could both be wrong.) Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Mods: feel free to move this to the right forum if I got it wrong. Thanks
Paul
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