Well, I have another gun's worth of area cleared from my kitchen table. Might be able to eat there this year!
The back story:
A lakefield/Mossberg MkIII arrived, as a bag full of rusty bits. Got it all cleaned up, and assembled. The actual issue that caused previous owner to disassemble it was obvious; the trigger had to be pulled to the right (away) before pulling it back to get it to release...
No biggie! I know who to nag for parts (y'all know who you are!), and in short order acquired another complete trigger group....slapped it on and it had the very same issue! Turns out this is a difficulty many MkIII's have suffered.
Well, a fellow CGN'er (and real live smith) who is also on the "nag list" suggested a Cooey 64 trigger might be fitted.
I acquired one last week, and modified it to fit the MkIII this morning. Call me Bubba, as it's not pretty. Call me happy too, because it does work! I had to drill a hole for the forward mounting screw, and I removed some material from the screw's head so it would fit. Lopped off the front of the trigger group, and voila!
The plus? It does work, cost about 15 bucks, and about 45 minutes of time. The negative? Geometry isn't exact, the new trigger sits back a touch more than the original, and it's got a pretty heavy [cooey 64 style] pull.
One more project off the kitchen table!
The back story:
A lakefield/Mossberg MkIII arrived, as a bag full of rusty bits. Got it all cleaned up, and assembled. The actual issue that caused previous owner to disassemble it was obvious; the trigger had to be pulled to the right (away) before pulling it back to get it to release...
No biggie! I know who to nag for parts (y'all know who you are!), and in short order acquired another complete trigger group....slapped it on and it had the very same issue! Turns out this is a difficulty many MkIII's have suffered.
Well, a fellow CGN'er (and real live smith) who is also on the "nag list" suggested a Cooey 64 trigger might be fitted.
I acquired one last week, and modified it to fit the MkIII this morning. Call me Bubba, as it's not pretty. Call me happy too, because it does work! I had to drill a hole for the forward mounting screw, and I removed some material from the screw's head so it would fit. Lopped off the front of the trigger group, and voila!
The plus? It does work, cost about 15 bucks, and about 45 minutes of time. The negative? Geometry isn't exact, the new trigger sits back a touch more than the original, and it's got a pretty heavy [cooey 64 style] pull.
One more project off the kitchen table!
