Firing pin reset

[jkirkthomas]

I've just experienced the exact same problem. Looking very closely at what's happening, I see that it's not that the firing pin isn't latching. It's the little elbow-shaped gizmo (what is that thing called?) on the inside of the side plate, the one the trigger moves to actuate the trigger bar, that isn't getting back to the right place. At least that's the problem on mine.

After firing, when the new round is chambered and everything stops moving, the little spring loaded pin on the trigger bar is bearing against the upper end of that elbow. When you relax your grip on the trigger to fire again, the trigger should go all the way forward, allowing the elbow to return to its pre-firing position, and the pin on the trigger bar is supposed to slip beneath the upper end of the elbow, so when you pull the trigger again, it actuates the trigger bar and releases the firing pin.

What's happening on mine is that the pin on the trigger bar doesn't slide under, but holds the elbow in place, not allowing it to return to the pre-firing position, and I can see that the trigger has not returned all the way forward. If I push the trigger forward, I can hear a little "click," and that's the pin popping back in place. Now I can pull the trigger and it fires again.

I didn't figure all this out on my own, but had help from the forum. The first sticky on here was begun by someone who had the same problem, and "Hugh" came back with a fix, complete with photos of the relevant parts. Check that out and I bet you can solve your problem.

good luck,
Kirk