Hello, I recently bought my 5th Garandicon, an H&R from the CMPicon store at Perry. After I bought it I had the trigger tuned up by a former Army armorer who usually does nice trigger jobs. When doing this, he replaced the trigger because he said the original one had problems.

When shooting it, I've had a problem: the trigger doesn't re-set and I find the hammer down on a chambered round about 1 - 3 times out of an 8-round clip. When this has happened, I am able to pull the bolt back far enough to cock it w/o ejecting the chambered round and it will then fire. It always ejects & feeds fine, and has not doubled or slam-fired. I was shooting HXP 68 Greek ball ammo that functions fine in my other Garands.

The rifle is clean, in near-new condition, and well lubricated. I asked the guy who did the trigger job and he speculated op rod problems, short stroking, gas system loose or dirty, dirty chamber, or headspace problems.

Can anyone give me some thoughts on what might be causing this problem? I suspect it's the trigger mechanism, and plan to swap it out with a reliable one from another Garand next time I take it to the range, ans see whether that solves the problem. If that doesn't work, I'll try a different op rod. Thanks
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