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Today I had turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings… then worked on the trigger mechanism to convert the change lever (FA-SA selector) to Safe and semi-auto.
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A semicircle is cut in the tripping lever so the change lever can pass through it and not move the tripping lever to the side.
When the change lever is in the “A” position the tripping lever is pushed down by the change lever and cannot engage the sear. Thus “A” becomes “Safe”. “R” works as it always had, as repetition or as we say in the States “semi-auto.”
The little block keeps the tripping lever centered so the striker can trip it. More on that later.
Last edited by Vincent; 11-27-2014 at 07:54 PM.
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11-27-2014 07:50 PM
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Sometimes things don't come out right. This time the hand guard came out too big. Hopefully the next one will be better.
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Better than catching the end of your little finger in the action...
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But, as Peter says, you only do it once.
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Yep...... And I did it. But only once!
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I did the other no-no. Held on to the magazine once. The gun was waiting like a Jesuit teacher with a ruler for just such a mistake. It immediately slapped my hand with a detonation out of battery.
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Well done...at least those aren't such a big thing. Just a bit smoky and a bit of shrapnel sometimes. I still have one here in a bag to show the recruits what could happen...
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The very best one I saw, as the Range Conducting Officer was with a ruptured case. The front end of which was stuck in the breech. Anyway, firing point supervisor took non firing weapon off soldier, cocked gun, cleared(?) stoppage and then rammed home breech block AND new live round into already obstructed chamber using right thumb and fore-finger.
Live round aligned with recessed breech block due to excess force applied by dozy fart! Round fired while partially out of chamber. Blew thumb back breaking it at joint and sent shower of brass shrapnell into palm of hand. Ho, ho, ho.
He blamed gun and ammunition. I blamed idiot combined with Darwins theory of natural selection
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Yes, we had a few of those. My grandfather called them pig headed...
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