Safety not engaging?

[Melnibonean]

I just received my shorty and took it apart, cleaned it well, and put it back together. I haven't fired it yet. Everything seems ok, even the front sight seems straight and the mags go in/out without a problem. The only thing is that I can't seem to get the safety to engage. It goes back a bit, but then stops. When I push it back out, it dry fires fine (snap cap in).

Am I not pushing the safety back hard enough? It didn't look like a beast to engage on the YouTube videos, or is it something else? I'd rather not break anything, so I decided to post it here for you learned gentlemen to chime in.

PS: When I had the trigger group out, i had a hard time engaging it then as well. Don't know if that means anything.

 

[tactical_tech]

When u push the safety, is it going fully into the trigger guard. I know on mine when it was new it was very stiff. Safety should look like this When engaged.

 

[chalkriver]

The safety will not engage if the rifle is not cocked , take the trigger group out and put it in a vice with the trigger facing up.Lift the trigger guard up and tape it in in that position out of the way.... Put a screwdriver through the hole in the safety and work it back and forth alot to to loosen it up.

 

[Canadian eh!]

The safety will not engage if the rifle is not cocked , take the trigger group out and put it in a vice with the trigger facing up.Lift the trigger guard up and tape it in in that position out of the way.... Put a screwdriver through the hole in the safety and work it back and forth alot to to loosen it up.

I was going to pose this question on here as well. My new shorty also has a very stiff safety engagement, it clicks off fine but is almost a two handed job to get it to re-engage. I will try working it in as suggested. At least when it is engaged it will not let the hammer fall!

 

[ginco]

Had the same problem, the safety is very stiff on a new rifle. You have to spend a few evenings with a pair of leather gloves and some honing oil, moving the thing on and off several hundred times and lubricating as you go, to get it to work with one finger.
Have fun...............
p.s remember to lubricate all the other pivot points once your done.