I had intended to send this to Chevota's email account…but I think it's better to deliver it here in public so everyone can see it.
I recently had a lot of trouble with the trigger on my new Crosman TR77 NPS. The trigger was garbage…and I do mean garbage. The trigger pull felt exactly like dragging a cinder block over 5 miles of sandpaper, gravel, and small boulders. You had to pull it FOREVER and it was just as rough and inconsistent as it could be. It was like they engineered it to be a turd on purpose…I'm convinced there is no way you could accidentally make a trigger this bad. A chimpanzee could create a better trigger in 5 minutes than Crosman did.
So…after doing a lot of research I decided to replace the trigger. Before I ordered it I found lots of video's showing a very cheap home made fix. This would allow me to fix the trigger for pennies rather than spending $40.
Just about the time I was going to hit the "buy now" button I decided "what the heck…I'll do it myself". Most of the video's I could find were poorly filmed. They were dark and you couldn't see the parts but it seemed pretty easy. After removing a few parts "PIIIINNGGG!!!" It was like a small claymore went off. Parts came out of that thing that I never saw…so I had no idea where they came from, how they were oriented, what they were attached to, and therefore had no hope of getting them back together. You might as well have given me the parts to the black box from the space shuttle and told me to put it back together.
My owners manual has no parts diagram, the Crosman site has no diagram for my gun. I looked up a gun that was like mine…but all they showed was an already assembled trigger pack…no exploded diagram showing the parts or orientation. Al Gore's World Wide Web didn't have anything either. I worked on that thing for maybe three hours the first night. I got so mad I had to quit…I was really thinking about throwing the gun away. My head ached from the frustration.
Forum member Mousegun helped motivate me by sending some pics that he had of the trigger group so the second night I came home fresh and rested and spent another hour or so on the problem…but still failed to get Humpty Dumpty back together again. Part of my problem was that I was having to work "upside down" as the pictures were all of a trigger pack that was removed from the gun and assembled by dropping the parts in the top …but mine was still on the gun so I had to push them in from the bottom and work the other way. At this point I had given up on trying the trigger job…I just wanted the thing back together. I was able to get all the parts back in that night but when I tried to cock the gun…it wouldn't work. Now I had created two problems…one being the trigger, and the next being the inability to cock the gun. That night I went to bed less angry and more resigned to the fact that I would be throwing this thing away and buying a new one. I was bummed…I had taken a decent and fun gun and perhaps ruined it.
On the third day forum member Chevota told me he'd e-mail me some pics that might help. Chevota sent me a group of pictures that clearly showed every part and how they are oriented with each other inside the trigger pack…pins, springs, everything. With his help I was able to learn a whole bunch about the gun and get it back together again. As I came to the realization that the fix was in sight and that my long painful ordeal was about to end…I got inspired. Now that i knew how to get this thing done it was time to do the original trigger job.
I had already drilled out and filed the part I needed for the trigger job so I just dropped it in, slapped the last part on…and put the stock back on. Now it was time to see if everything really worked. I cocked the gun and got a very satisfying "CLICK" as it locked open! First problem solved…the gun would now cock. Next I loaded it, flipped the safety off, and after a silky smooth 1/4 inch of light travel I got the satisfying report of the gun discharging.
I had officially fixed the trigger! This thing is like night and day! I am now grabbing a beer and heading the laundry room…which serves as my shooting station. I crack the window and shoot at my target out back from there. Can't wait to see what my groups look like with the better trigger.
So…that is a very long way of saying…THANK YOU CHEVOTA! You rock dude. You helped a fellow shooter who was out of luck…out of ideas…and about to throw his gun away. Once I got your pics it went like clockwork…thank you, thank you, thank you. If I ever have another kid (doubtful) I might name him Chevota…maybe just his middle name.
Thanks…and be it known to the entire forum that you are a knowledgeable and helpful dude.
I recently had a lot of trouble with the trigger on my new Crosman TR77 NPS. The trigger was garbage…and I do mean garbage. The trigger pull felt exactly like dragging a cinder block over 5 miles of sandpaper, gravel, and small boulders. You had to pull it FOREVER and it was just as rough and inconsistent as it could be. It was like they engineered it to be a turd on purpose…I'm convinced there is no way you could accidentally make a trigger this bad. A chimpanzee could create a better trigger in 5 minutes than Crosman did.
So…after doing a lot of research I decided to replace the trigger. Before I ordered it I found lots of video's showing a very cheap home made fix. This would allow me to fix the trigger for pennies rather than spending $40.
Just about the time I was going to hit the "buy now" button I decided "what the heck…I'll do it myself". Most of the video's I could find were poorly filmed. They were dark and you couldn't see the parts but it seemed pretty easy. After removing a few parts "PIIIINNGGG!!!" It was like a small claymore went off. Parts came out of that thing that I never saw…so I had no idea where they came from, how they were oriented, what they were attached to, and therefore had no hope of getting them back together. You might as well have given me the parts to the black box from the space shuttle and told me to put it back together.
My owners manual has no parts diagram, the Crosman site has no diagram for my gun. I looked up a gun that was like mine…but all they showed was an already assembled trigger pack…no exploded diagram showing the parts or orientation. Al Gore's World Wide Web didn't have anything either. I worked on that thing for maybe three hours the first night. I got so mad I had to quit…I was really thinking about throwing the gun away. My head ached from the frustration.
Forum member Mousegun helped motivate me by sending some pics that he had of the trigger group so the second night I came home fresh and rested and spent another hour or so on the problem…but still failed to get Humpty Dumpty back together again. Part of my problem was that I was having to work "upside down" as the pictures were all of a trigger pack that was removed from the gun and assembled by dropping the parts in the top …but mine was still on the gun so I had to push them in from the bottom and work the other way. At this point I had given up on trying the trigger job…I just wanted the thing back together. I was able to get all the parts back in that night but when I tried to cock the gun…it wouldn't work. Now I had created two problems…one being the trigger, and the next being the inability to cock the gun. That night I went to bed less angry and more resigned to the fact that I would be throwing this thing away and buying a new one. I was bummed…I had taken a decent and fun gun and perhaps ruined it.
On the third day forum member Chevota told me he'd e-mail me some pics that might help. Chevota sent me a group of pictures that clearly showed every part and how they are oriented with each other inside the trigger pack…pins, springs, everything. With his help I was able to learn a whole bunch about the gun and get it back together again. As I came to the realization that the fix was in sight and that my long painful ordeal was about to end…I got inspired. Now that i knew how to get this thing done it was time to do the original trigger job.
I had already drilled out and filed the part I needed for the trigger job so I just dropped it in, slapped the last part on…and put the stock back on. Now it was time to see if everything really worked. I cocked the gun and got a very satisfying "CLICK" as it locked open! First problem solved…the gun would now cock. Next I loaded it, flipped the safety off, and after a silky smooth 1/4 inch of light travel I got the satisfying report of the gun discharging.
I had officially fixed the trigger! This thing is like night and day! I am now grabbing a beer and heading the laundry room…which serves as my shooting station. I crack the window and shoot at my target out back from there. Can't wait to see what my groups look like with the better trigger.
So…that is a very long way of saying…THANK YOU CHEVOTA! You rock dude. You helped a fellow shooter who was out of luck…out of ideas…and about to throw his gun away. Once I got your pics it went like clockwork…thank you, thank you, thank you. If I ever have another kid (doubtful) I might name him Chevota…maybe just his middle name.
Thanks…and be it known to the entire forum that you are a knowledgeable and helpful dude.
