2 questions: Trigger spring and Hold open issue

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Sky Zero

thanks guys. I'm out of town for the next week-ish but I'll post a picture of the trigger as soon as I get back! (life of an airline pilot).

the hold open is numbered to my byf (the one with the issue). I figured the hold open issues had something to do with the brass denting, getting caught between the bolt and breach, and leaving shavings everywhere guess not! would you advise I just replace the hold open before trying to bend the numbered one? afraid of it breaking. I did notice the difference in how high the hold open comes up on the byf compared to my 1918...can anyone post a picture of a properly installed hold open? I might have just put it on this one time wrong, or have been altogether... :/

thank you! if all else fails, I'll be contacting lugerdoc

and noted on server space; I guess I already screwed the pooch on keeping these two topics separate haha. a moderator could delete this and I can restart with 2 different topics

You can't "bend" the hold open; the spring yes. I don't think you can put it in wrong either- and still be able to assemble it.

Take it out, it is not needed to function, clean all the brass out and fire it some more. If you still have brass shavings, something else is wrong( probably is, as the hold open should not cause this type problem).

If that shows no problem, swap the hold open from the 1918 to the BYF, see if it functions correctly.