Taking out trigger slop
Has anyone shimmed their AF trigger to take out the side to side slop?
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use brass washer, oily brass if possible
plastic is no good as it will compress and grind against the aluminium…steel, brass or copper…and i would take brass first if presented with the choice
before putting it back in the frame get some good lube, say a really good moly lube…rub all parts with the lube and dry it off, then add a very thin layer….if moly is not available…grap a can of dry teflon from lowes or home depot…do the same give it a good spray wipe off then a good spray again let dry and mount the parts
do be carefull if you have had the rifle go off, the notch on the middle sear where it engages the hammer sear is your culprit…if it tends to not hold a hammer back with full preload, then getting a lube in there will make the problem much worse !….but if it does that you should file the middle sear to make the notch deeper..it wont affect trigger operation much if your at all able to feel it…but it will make for a safer trigger mechanism
if im not making sense…just forget about it all 😛
I had temporarily but didn’t get it right. I trimmed a thin piece if blister package plastic but tried to make it extend to the sear.
my trigger is to sloppy sideways and it feels gritty. I think it is riding on one of the ridges of the lengthwise cuts that help hold the pins in place.
RiffRaff cured that problem by installing smooth SS pins. One of these days I will try it also and look for some tiny washers to take out the side slop.
Keep us informed what you come up with.
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I used brass shim stock. I don’t remember the thickness but it worked great. I bought very thin stock and kept adding another thickness until it was right. I got the shim stock from a transmission shop.