WestKentucky
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On my 32 safety hammerless that I picked up this week there was a problem with the gun. The gun had a broken internal part which I really don’t know what to call it, and the diagrams I have found don’t give an accurate picture for the 3rd model so I can’t identify it that way either, so I will describe it and hope for the best.
The part is a small part and goes inside of the top end of the trigger. It is connected to the trigger by the pin on the hand, and the part is under spring tension by the hand spring. It pushes over and has the sear engagement against the internal hammer. Perhaps it could be called the trigger sear?
If you can figure out what part I’m talking about, then I have one question about it. It is what was messed up and it cleaned up with a 5 second adjustment against the belt sander with very light pressure and a worn out fine grit belt. The part was rounded over on the sear engagement and I basically dressed that edge up so that it would catch the hammer rather than slip off or bind up. The million dollar question is whether I should go ahead and replace that part. I know it should be hardened, but with it being such a small part I’m wondering if it is a fully hardened piece or if it was case hardened. If it was case hardened I cut through that with the sander. If it’s fully hardened I’m fine, but then there’s the question of why it rounded over... seems like it wasn’t properly hard to begin with.
The part is a small part and goes inside of the top end of the trigger. It is connected to the trigger by the pin on the hand, and the part is under spring tension by the hand spring. It pushes over and has the sear engagement against the internal hammer. Perhaps it could be called the trigger sear?
If you can figure out what part I’m talking about, then I have one question about it. It is what was messed up and it cleaned up with a 5 second adjustment against the belt sander with very light pressure and a worn out fine grit belt. The part was rounded over on the sear engagement and I basically dressed that edge up so that it would catch the hammer rather than slip off or bind up. The million dollar question is whether I should go ahead and replace that part. I know it should be hardened, but with it being such a small part I’m wondering if it is a fully hardened piece or if it was case hardened. If it was case hardened I cut through that with the sander. If it’s fully hardened I’m fine, but then there’s the question of why it rounded over... seems like it wasn’t properly hard to begin with.
