Long story short...
A buddy went to the Shot Show. Picked up a sample of FP-10. He talked to the rep for a few minutes and the rep recommended putting a drop of it on the sear and it would reduce the "felt" trigger pull. Sited a few sources where it actually worked.
Me being the genius that I am... thought, hey, this is a great idea. I put a drop on the sear of my 1911 the other day. So I'm at the range tonight with a few friends doing some target shooting and kicking some butt on the dueling tree, when I insert a full magazine and drop the slide.
My gun goes into 3-round burst mode and I fire 2 rounds into the concrete range floor several feet in front of me and one into I don't know where. Now, I know for a fact that my finger wasn't on the trigger because I'm a lefty and I use my trigger finger to trip the slide release. The really scary part was because I was using my trigger finger to release the slide, I didn't quite have a full grip. It was not a fun experience. Scared the daylights out of me.
Anyway, I went and relaxed for a few minutes getting my composure, then went out and tried to shoot again. This time I had a correct firing grip and was using a right hand hold and using my left hand to trip the slide release. I was able to repeat it twice more, although these mags were only loaded with one round.
I was curious what was going on so I did a complete detail strip and all the parts looked good. The hammer hooks and sear engagement was fine. None of the metal was rolled over or broken/chipped. The only thing I could think of was the FP-10.
I wiped all the parts down and put it back together. Went back to the range and loaded about 20 rounds one at a time from slide lock and never repeated the problem. So I ended up shooting about another 150 rounds and didn't have any problems.
Now, this gun has a trigger that's around 3 lbs, maybe a little lighter. I've never had problems with it before. It's my competition gun and it's not a major brand name...totally custom.
How's that for odd?
Other than that, a 10/22 got retrofitted with some Volquartsen parts. Put a bull fluted stainless barrel and trigger group on it. If that stock I have on order would come in I'd be in heaven.
esheato....
A buddy went to the Shot Show. Picked up a sample of FP-10. He talked to the rep for a few minutes and the rep recommended putting a drop of it on the sear and it would reduce the "felt" trigger pull. Sited a few sources where it actually worked.
Me being the genius that I am... thought, hey, this is a great idea. I put a drop on the sear of my 1911 the other day. So I'm at the range tonight with a few friends doing some target shooting and kicking some butt on the dueling tree, when I insert a full magazine and drop the slide.
My gun goes into 3-round burst mode and I fire 2 rounds into the concrete range floor several feet in front of me and one into I don't know where. Now, I know for a fact that my finger wasn't on the trigger because I'm a lefty and I use my trigger finger to trip the slide release. The really scary part was because I was using my trigger finger to release the slide, I didn't quite have a full grip. It was not a fun experience. Scared the daylights out of me.
Anyway, I went and relaxed for a few minutes getting my composure, then went out and tried to shoot again. This time I had a correct firing grip and was using a right hand hold and using my left hand to trip the slide release. I was able to repeat it twice more, although these mags were only loaded with one round.
I was curious what was going on so I did a complete detail strip and all the parts looked good. The hammer hooks and sear engagement was fine. None of the metal was rolled over or broken/chipped. The only thing I could think of was the FP-10.
I wiped all the parts down and put it back together. Went back to the range and loaded about 20 rounds one at a time from slide lock and never repeated the problem. So I ended up shooting about another 150 rounds and didn't have any problems.
Now, this gun has a trigger that's around 3 lbs, maybe a little lighter. I've never had problems with it before. It's my competition gun and it's not a major brand name...totally custom.
How's that for odd?
Other than that, a 10/22 got retrofitted with some Volquartsen parts. Put a bull fluted stainless barrel and trigger group on it. If that stock I have on order would come in I'd be in heaven.
esheato....