Good day all,
Pretty sure this is bad. My M1 is a fairly new addition and we've had a handful of decent outings. Did all of the basic OCD cleaning, but when I started the field strip this week because I wanted to check and replace some springs and make sure we were good to go. A spring renovation, if you will. Before I put a round through the gun the first time, I went over it with my regular gunsmith and everything was fine, just needed a new op rod spring. This week, my gunsmith was in Florida so I decided to change the springs myself. All was going well, until step one. The trigger housing would not come out. I worked on it (gently) for an hour before saying heck with it because I didn't want to damage anything.
So, I take the M1 over to the gunsmith at my local range to take a look at it. I should have gotten the red flag when he told me I couldn't come back into his workshop, but I could stand at the door. My usual guy is great and lets me hover and ask all of the stupid questions I want.
Range smith removes the trigger housing and then shows me how he put it back in. No problem, I think everything is good and a line is forming behind me. I know I should have tested it myself. Stupid. But when I went home to work on the gun- that's when the stuck issues occurred again. Went over to my friend's house and we managed to get it out with some finesse. Checked it over and the trigger guard on the right side is pounded and dented and generally in bad shape. This wasn't the previous condition. I can't even get the housing back into the stock, I tried for hours last night.
So this is bad, clearly. My question is; can I try to fill it down slightly to remove some of the burs and see if that will help it seat? Or do I not touch it at all and try and track down a replacement? This is actually the only part of my gun that is not correct, everything else is Springfield, but the housing is Winchester. Shouldn't make a difference, but maybe it was the rifle telling me something....
Okay, that's ridiculous. My M1 woes kept me up all night. Thanks for taking the time to look at this long post and if you have any advice, I would love to hear it.
-ali-
Pretty sure this is bad. My M1 is a fairly new addition and we've had a handful of decent outings. Did all of the basic OCD cleaning, but when I started the field strip this week because I wanted to check and replace some springs and make sure we were good to go. A spring renovation, if you will. Before I put a round through the gun the first time, I went over it with my regular gunsmith and everything was fine, just needed a new op rod spring. This week, my gunsmith was in Florida so I decided to change the springs myself. All was going well, until step one. The trigger housing would not come out. I worked on it (gently) for an hour before saying heck with it because I didn't want to damage anything.
So, I take the M1 over to the gunsmith at my local range to take a look at it. I should have gotten the red flag when he told me I couldn't come back into his workshop, but I could stand at the door. My usual guy is great and lets me hover and ask all of the stupid questions I want.
Range smith removes the trigger housing and then shows me how he put it back in. No problem, I think everything is good and a line is forming behind me. I know I should have tested it myself. Stupid. But when I went home to work on the gun- that's when the stuck issues occurred again. Went over to my friend's house and we managed to get it out with some finesse. Checked it over and the trigger guard on the right side is pounded and dented and generally in bad shape. This wasn't the previous condition. I can't even get the housing back into the stock, I tried for hours last night.
So this is bad, clearly. My question is; can I try to fill it down slightly to remove some of the burs and see if that will help it seat? Or do I not touch it at all and try and track down a replacement? This is actually the only part of my gun that is not correct, everything else is Springfield, but the housing is Winchester. Shouldn't make a difference, but maybe it was the rifle telling me something....
Okay, that's ridiculous. My M1 woes kept me up all night. Thanks for taking the time to look at this long post and if you have any advice, I would love to hear it.
-ali-