Lastnight I got the tigger and lock assembled on the stock, one question will the rifle only fire when using the set trigger, I can't get it to fire with using the trigger alone? I played with it for awhile, pulled the trigger out and pressed up on the arm on the lock and it would fire so doesn't appear to be the lock binding so not sure. Maybe the lever on the trigger binding, but when I pull the lock off and watch it it appears to be coming up plenty high enough to reach the lock arm, thought maybe it was the angle of the trigger arm was contacting it so polished those surfaces that should make contact so they would slide against each other easily but still wouldn't work.
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There are two different blades on the set trigger that trip the sear out of the tumbler.
The rear one which is a part of the rear "trigger" sounds like it is working as it should.
Very likely, there is a small piece of wood that the front triggers blade is hitting before it can reach up to the sear arm.
It doesn't take much wood to stop it.
I suggest because this is on a Walnut stocked gun where seeing black marks isn't always easy that you go to the local drug store and buy the cheapest ugliest color of lipstick you can find.
(That way your wife won't accuse you of stealing "her" lipstick.)
Rub some of this lipstick on the top and sides of the front trigger blade. Then carefully replace the trigger assembly without bumping it into any of the surfaces in the trigger cavity.
Pull the front trigger like you were trying to fire the gun and then carefully remove the trigger assembly, again being careful not to bump any of the wood in the trigger cavity.
When the trigger assembly is removed use a strong light and look for lipstick on any of the surfaces in the cavity. If you see some, remove the wood that it is on.
Recoat the trigger blade and do this whole thing again.
Sooner or later (very likely sooner) the front trigger will start working like it should.
There are two different blades on the set trigger that trip the sear out of the tumbler.
The rear one which is a part of the rear "trigger" sounds like it is working as it should.
Very likely, there is a small piece of wood that the front triggers blade is hitting before it can reach up to the sear arm.
It doesn't take much wood to stop it.
I suggest because this is on a Walnut stocked gun where seeing black marks isn't always easy that you go to the local drug store and buy the cheapest ugliest color of lipstick you can find.
(That way your wife won't accuse you of stealing "her" lipstick.)
Rub some of this lipstick on the top and sides of the front trigger blade. Then carefully replace the trigger assembly without bumping it into any of the surfaces in the trigger cavity.
Pull the front trigger like you were trying to fire the gun and then carefully remove the trigger assembly, again being careful not to bump any of the wood in the trigger cavity.
When the trigger assembly is removed use a strong light and look for lipstick on any of the surfaces in the cavity. If you see some, remove the wood that it is on.
Recoat the trigger blade and do this whole thing again.
Sooner or later (very likely sooner) the front trigger will start working like it should.
