I have finished the stock, browned the barrel & furniture, overcome the obstacles of five damaged/missing kit parts, and put together all of the possibles I need to shoot this beasty. I was getting ready to go to the range and figured to swab the grease out of the bore and pop a cap or two to check the flash channel. What do I find?...no half-cock! Full-cock is fine, but no matter how slowly and gently I pull back the hammer, there is no half-cock. Pull out the lock, it works great in my hand...the fly (which I installed because the factory forgot to put in my lock before putting it in the kit :shake swings with no binding. Put it in the stock-no go. Okay, pull the trigger mechanism out and try. Still no go. That eliminates the trigger group. Loosen the bolt holding the lock in the stock. Nope! Remove it and mic the depth of the inletting for the trigger (sear?) bar and there is ample clearance. Back the lock part of the way out of the stock and there...is...still...no...half-cock. :curse:
Any clues or ideas, fellers? I can't see any obvious rub-points in the stock and for the life of me can't figure out what might be causing this problem. I'm a mechanic by trade and can usually figure stuff out, but this has me stymied. Based on my experiences with this abortion, I won't soon be recommending a Lyman kit to anyone...this thing has been a piece of cow-pie from the get-go. :no:
Any clues or ideas, fellers? I can't see any obvious rub-points in the stock and for the life of me can't figure out what might be causing this problem. I'm a mechanic by trade and can usually figure stuff out, but this has me stymied. Based on my experiences with this abortion, I won't soon be recommending a Lyman kit to anyone...this thing has been a piece of cow-pie from the get-go. :no: