JimfromTrafalgar
Member
Hello,
I'm new here, so will give you a little background info before going further.
I'm a gunsmith, mostly working on higher grade SxS's. I make repairs, but do a lot of finish nwork, rust bluing, damascus refinishing, checkering ,etc. I've also leaned toward higher end custom rifles and older msingle and double action revolvers. I for the most part, shied away from semi-autos for years, because I felt most had inherent accuracy problems. I could out shoot most of my friends autos using my S&W 36 snub nose. Then I shot a friends Wilson Combat.... That was it. Apparently I just needed exposure to the right semi-auto's. At this point I decided to join the game. I picked up a 70 series Govt. Model Colt. Trigger pull was a bit strong and accuracy poor, at best. Since the pull was so far off, I decided to start there. I found Fusion firearms on the net and, since I had little experience working on these, decided to get a complete trigger kit. Installation was no problem, I've had far more complicated guns, and I love Brownings design for exactly that reason, simple and functional. Anyway, here's where the problems started. While the pull was lightened, it was a bit spongy, not as crisp as with the original parts. The biggest problems were with the hammer following and the grip safety hanging up. I'd had no problems with the safety fitting properly before this. Well, I contacted Bob, while waiting for a response I did some research on the following problem and it seemed most likely that it was caused by sear spring tension or tension on the disconnect. After I got the same response fron Bob, basically add sear spring tension, I tried this, a little more each time, but the problem remained. Although the trigger pull was at 4 1/4 lb already, I decided to try adding a bit more tension on the disconnect spring. In doing so, I noticed that the business side of the spring was burred across the entire tip. I filed this to about a 45 degree angle to remove the burr, and applied a bit more spring tension. I still had the following issue. At this point I decided to pull things completely apart again and give all the parts a close inspection. The sear nose was in rough shape, irregular, burred in spots, and even appeared to have some metal missing.
Sorry for the length of this tale, but now down to the point. I'm writing of this issue here because I feel I'll find many with a good bit of experience with this type of thing.
I decided to give up. I wrote Bob asking that he refund my money. From my perspective there had to be some initial flaw in one or more of these parts in the kit. The response I got was that since I'd filed the burr from the disconnect spring, Fusion would accept no responsibility, therefore no refund on parts. Not even partial with the assumption I'd needlessly ruined the spring.
What I'm asking for here is opinion from those with more experience and perhaps a different perspective than mine. What mistakes have I made here, and what can I do to make good use of the parts I've purchased? Or do I simply trash them all and start from scratch?
Once again, sorry for the length of this post, and thanks in advance for any advice.
Jim
I'm new here, so will give you a little background info before going further.
I'm a gunsmith, mostly working on higher grade SxS's. I make repairs, but do a lot of finish nwork, rust bluing, damascus refinishing, checkering ,etc. I've also leaned toward higher end custom rifles and older msingle and double action revolvers. I for the most part, shied away from semi-autos for years, because I felt most had inherent accuracy problems. I could out shoot most of my friends autos using my S&W 36 snub nose. Then I shot a friends Wilson Combat.... That was it. Apparently I just needed exposure to the right semi-auto's. At this point I decided to join the game. I picked up a 70 series Govt. Model Colt. Trigger pull was a bit strong and accuracy poor, at best. Since the pull was so far off, I decided to start there. I found Fusion firearms on the net and, since I had little experience working on these, decided to get a complete trigger kit. Installation was no problem, I've had far more complicated guns, and I love Brownings design for exactly that reason, simple and functional. Anyway, here's where the problems started. While the pull was lightened, it was a bit spongy, not as crisp as with the original parts. The biggest problems were with the hammer following and the grip safety hanging up. I'd had no problems with the safety fitting properly before this. Well, I contacted Bob, while waiting for a response I did some research on the following problem and it seemed most likely that it was caused by sear spring tension or tension on the disconnect. After I got the same response fron Bob, basically add sear spring tension, I tried this, a little more each time, but the problem remained. Although the trigger pull was at 4 1/4 lb already, I decided to try adding a bit more tension on the disconnect spring. In doing so, I noticed that the business side of the spring was burred across the entire tip. I filed this to about a 45 degree angle to remove the burr, and applied a bit more spring tension. I still had the following issue. At this point I decided to pull things completely apart again and give all the parts a close inspection. The sear nose was in rough shape, irregular, burred in spots, and even appeared to have some metal missing.
Sorry for the length of this tale, but now down to the point. I'm writing of this issue here because I feel I'll find many with a good bit of experience with this type of thing.
I decided to give up. I wrote Bob asking that he refund my money. From my perspective there had to be some initial flaw in one or more of these parts in the kit. The response I got was that since I'd filed the burr from the disconnect spring, Fusion would accept no responsibility, therefore no refund on parts. Not even partial with the assumption I'd needlessly ruined the spring.
What I'm asking for here is opinion from those with more experience and perhaps a different perspective than mine. What mistakes have I made here, and what can I do to make good use of the parts I've purchased? Or do I simply trash them all and start from scratch?
Once again, sorry for the length of this post, and thanks in advance for any advice.
Jim