Quote Originally Posted by sakorick View Post
The friction pin I had never seen before but after monkeying with it I can see why it was eliminated! The best way I found was to start the pin in the housing then use a punch to line thing up and slide it right in.
Assuming that you are referring to the early trigger housing pin when you say friction pin, the early pin with the spring was originally designed to stay attached to the early trigger housing and not be fully removed, yours has had the end of the spring portion cut off. Page all the way down on the link below.
Also your hammer pin should be installed from left to right not right to left.

The U.S. Caliber .30 Carbines - Trigger Housing Group