Tweet
Hello, I am a new member and was wondering if anyone here had any ideas on what's wrong with my rifle other than being a poorly made product.
I don't know how old it is (was a hand-me-down from dad), or what kind of maintenance was done on it. I used it as a kid for a while, but never really cleaned it thoroughly, and it got put into a safe for about 10 years. I remember it firing fine, although still remember it having a heavy trigger pull.
Anyway, now I'm picking it up again, and after a hasty lube job, I took it to the range and I notice the trigger seems really awkward. Sometimes, it will fire without a problem, but sometimes, I will pull the trigger and nothing will happen. I will have to pull and hold the trigger for a very long time to get the thing to fire.
Thinking it was simply corroded with carbon buildup, I took the entire thing apart and cleaned out each individual piece that could be removed. It seems incredibly cheaply designed and within are many plastic parts.
Anyway, after a (seemingly) thorough cleaning job, and reassembly, it appears that i have the same problem. It sometimes will fire properly (and by properly I mean relatively instantly once I've defeated the 100 lb trigger pull), and sometimes it will have that long delay where I will have to hold
the trigger until it fires. Kept disassembling and cleaning and reassembling with the same results.
Any thoughts? Should I try to keep fixing this thing? Or just junk it?
Should I get a 10/22 and tacticool it up instead?
Thanks.
I don't know how old it is (was a hand-me-down from dad), or what kind of maintenance was done on it. I used it as a kid for a while, but never really cleaned it thoroughly, and it got put into a safe for about 10 years. I remember it firing fine, although still remember it having a heavy trigger pull.
Anyway, now I'm picking it up again, and after a hasty lube job, I took it to the range and I notice the trigger seems really awkward. Sometimes, it will fire without a problem, but sometimes, I will pull the trigger and nothing will happen. I will have to pull and hold the trigger for a very long time to get the thing to fire.
Thinking it was simply corroded with carbon buildup, I took the entire thing apart and cleaned out each individual piece that could be removed. It seems incredibly cheaply designed and within are many plastic parts.
Anyway, after a (seemingly) thorough cleaning job, and reassembly, it appears that i have the same problem. It sometimes will fire properly (and by properly I mean relatively instantly once I've defeated the 100 lb trigger pull), and sometimes it will have that long delay where I will have to hold
the trigger until it fires. Kept disassembling and cleaning and reassembling with the same results.
Any thoughts? Should I try to keep fixing this thing? Or just junk it?
Should I get a 10/22 and tacticool it up instead?
Thanks.
Comment