Gunsmith can't install trigger in my rifle

[Rule 303]

Recently visited my LGS with rifle and newly bought "drop-in" trigger. Gunsmith said he can't/won't install triggers anymore because of liability issues. Said his insurance would almost double if insurer found out.

Has this been applied all across the board? Only in Ontario? How could an insurer even find out? What liability issues?

Any input from anyone?

 

[rommelrommel]

Never heard of it myself.

 

[unstableryan]

Just a lazy smith... Also, you didn't buy it through him.

 

[coleman1495]

Sounds odd that a gunsmith couldn’t install a trigger. What kind of rifle is it? Usually trigger installs can be done easily at home.

 

[Daver_II]

Ha... ha ha ha... is it a gunsmith? Or not?

And gunsmith worth their salt should be able to hand fit a trigger

 

[tiriaq]

Guy doesn't want to do it. His decision. There could well be liability involved with trigger work.
Change a trigger and the manufacturer of the gun will surely disavow any responsibility. The maker of the aftermarket unit won't accept any responsibility either. Whoever does the modification would have to carry the liability can.
Find someone else.
Or DIY- it is a drop-in, after all...

 

[Potashminer]

I am not a gunsmith, but worked as a tradesman / self-employed contractor. Learned the hard way that some customers / some jobs are just not worth taking on. What I was able or not able to do was irrelevant to that call I would periodically decide to make, and it truly was "my call".

 

[salarguy]

You obviously need a different, more enterprising gunsmith!

 

[Rule 303]

Sounds odd that a gunsmith couldn’t install a trigger. What kind of rifle is it? Usually trigger installs can be done easily at home.

Rifle is a WK180C, trigger is a TriggerTech. Full disclosure...I am a complete klutz at things mechanical and the thought of screwing up the interaction of sear, hammer, springs, drift pins etc scares me.

 

[All in fun]

I suspect if you had asked him to supply a trigger, he would have found a way to do it.

 

[S1de8urnz]

I suspect if you had asked him to supply a trigger, he would have found a way to do it.

Yeah. Your problem might be that you brought a steak to a restaurant and asked them to cook it.

 

[stuckon308]

Yeah. Your problem might be that you brought a steak to a restaurant and asked them to cook it.

Meh. Any enterprising restaurant will cook that steak and charge you the same price as if they supplied it. Or gunsmith.....

 

[easy]

Meh. Any enterprising restaurant will cook that steak and charge you the same price as if they supplied it. Or gunsmith.....

Not without a fee. Like bringing your own wine. Restaurants charge you for what they call corking.
I choose not to tune pistol triggers to less than 3.5 pounds for others. Too many idiots out there.
Smith didn’t want to have any liability in case something does go wrong and he’s the last one who worked on the trigger. It’s his right to do so. Try elsewhere.

 

[45C]

Or watch you tube,install it yourself.

Oh make sure not to be a Lib and going under 3.5... lol
JK

 

[easy]

I just don’t trust people much. Don’t keep a lawyer on retainer. Hehee.

 

[45C]

Ya,I hear ya.Im the same with my reloads.
I refuse to make reloads for anybody,and definitely wont use anybody else's.. lol

But ,in regards to OPs trigger,its a very basic install.
I remember my first semi trigger, it wasn't so bad with a little help from you tube and CGN .
A trigger gage comes in handy as well,

 

[thump_rrr]

Rifle is a WK180C, trigger is a TriggerTech. Full disclosure...I am a complete klutz at things mechanical and the thought of screwing up the interaction of sear, hammer, springs, drift pins etc scares me.

Maybe some CGN'er in your area could help you do it.
If you were local I could have done it.

 

[mineguy]

I changed the trigger in my WK180C when I had it. First semi trigger I ever changed. Pretty straightforward as the guys say. TriggerTech may even have videos for you. I put in a Hyperfire. The only issue I had was one of the pins to hold the trigger was too short so just used the original one. Otherwise it is pretty straighforward. Give it a go and you may surprise yourself.

 

[guntech]

Rifle is a WK180C, trigger is a TriggerTech. Full disclosure...I am a complete klutz at things mechanical and the thought of screwing up the interaction of sear, hammer, springs, drift pins etc scares me.

There is an excellent chance the gunsmith you visited feels the same way about your WK180C. He may have no experience with that rifle and does not want to waste his time learning on it...

I don't know about his insurance... the last quote I got for liability insurance cost $25,000 a year... up from $500 a year...

 

[bearhunter]

Rifle is a WK180C, trigger is a TriggerTech. Full disclosure...I am a complete klutz at things mechanical and the thought of screwing up the interaction of sear, hammer, springs, drift pins etc scares me.

That's nothing to be ashamed of.

A person that knows their limitations is to be respected for having good common sense.

For instance, I'm good with metal but a wood butcher.

Being able to recognize when to pay someone else to do a job or trade them for work you can do, is what makes it all come together.