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I recently purchased a new Springfield Armory Loaded. Took it home and did the standard cleanup before going out and shooting. Gun worked fine with several types of ammo, approximately 30 rounds.
After range trip it got detail stripped and internals cleaned up and polished and hammer and sear work done. Put back together and function/safety checked, all checked fine.
Back out to test. Again ran several types of ammo through it and all functioned without any problems of any kind. This time I ran approximately 200 rounds through it.
Again detail stripped to check internals. However this time the sear pin failed to fall out. Looked it over and internals moved freely, still pin would not budge. I actually had to drive the sear pin out with a punch. Looked over the sear pin and it was obvious to the naked eye that the pin was bent. Put it on a straight edge and it actually would rock from end to end. Checked the pin hole alignment with the sear/hammer external adjusting pin. The sear adjusting pin dropped right in so it doesn’t appear to be a problem with the frame, plus the pin fell out on the initial detail strip.
The first thing that might be suspect is the distance between the top of the disconnector and the top of the hole in the disconnector might be too long causing the disconnector to bear down on the sear pin. I need to do more checking and measuring but am waiting for a new sear pin from Brownell’s.
Any thoughts from others ?
After range trip it got detail stripped and internals cleaned up and polished and hammer and sear work done. Put back together and function/safety checked, all checked fine.
Back out to test. Again ran several types of ammo through it and all functioned without any problems of any kind. This time I ran approximately 200 rounds through it.
Again detail stripped to check internals. However this time the sear pin failed to fall out. Looked it over and internals moved freely, still pin would not budge. I actually had to drive the sear pin out with a punch. Looked over the sear pin and it was obvious to the naked eye that the pin was bent. Put it on a straight edge and it actually would rock from end to end. Checked the pin hole alignment with the sear/hammer external adjusting pin. The sear adjusting pin dropped right in so it doesn’t appear to be a problem with the frame, plus the pin fell out on the initial detail strip.
The first thing that might be suspect is the distance between the top of the disconnector and the top of the hole in the disconnector might be too long causing the disconnector to bear down on the sear pin. I need to do more checking and measuring but am waiting for a new sear pin from Brownell’s.
Any thoughts from others ?
