Bubba Yugga
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Has anyone tried to or succeeded in reworking an early friction safety lever to spring loaded action?
SKS Safety - Friction to Spring Conversion
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Good thread!
Perhaps someone could clarify which years most likely had the "springed" safety.
If one of my SKS had a spring, and that spring broke, I would be looking at ways to bend the safety lever so that it would use friction to stay up.
Or I might just ignore the whole situation because I never use the safety.
Perhaps someone could clarify which years most likely had the "springed" safety.
If one of my SKS had a spring, and that spring broke, I would be looking at ways to bend the safety lever so that it would use friction to stay up.
Or I might just ignore the whole situation because I never use the safety.
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Bubba Yugga
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According to Yooper John, the friction safety was from 1949 to mid 1953.
I'm interested in upgrading an early one using a replacement Murray's spring from HiCal.
What I'd like to know is if the early lever can lend itself to work with the spring.
I'm interested in upgrading an early one using a replacement Murray's spring from HiCal.
What I'd like to know is if the early lever can lend itself to work with the spring.
It's a great idea. Much cheaper than a new trigger group (which may require extensive fitting - on the off chance that you got a TG where too much length was relieved from the battery safety trip lever)
It *might* be a lot of work, though. Depending on the dimensions of the flat spring you receive, and your individual trigger troup, you might be required to drive out the pin that connects the trigger to the sear transfer bar, just to pass the spring through. That pin is a ridiculously tight fit. It is easier to get the pin out of the rear gas tube cover ferrule.
You may need to file the outside of the safety lever so that it is no longer a friction fit.
And you will definitely have to remove the trigger\transfer bar assembly to install the spring, there's no way around that. That pin can be a tight fit as well.
* Edited because I should have looked at an actual trigger group instead of describing it from memory
It *might* be a lot of work, though. Depending on the dimensions of the flat spring you receive, and your individual trigger troup, you might be required to drive out the pin that connects the trigger to the sear transfer bar, just to pass the spring through. That pin is a ridiculously tight fit. It is easier to get the pin out of the rear gas tube cover ferrule.
You may need to file the outside of the safety lever so that it is no longer a friction fit.
And you will definitely have to remove the trigger\transfer bar assembly to install the spring, there's no way around that. That pin can be a tight fit as well.
* Edited because I should have looked at an actual trigger group instead of describing it from memory
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Bubba Yugga
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I've had an entire trigger group completely "de-pinned" for restorative rebluing from its "barbecue paint", but on a friction type only.
I imagine there's some cam lobe on the spring loaded lever. Would it be the same profile on the friction one, or was there a redesign?
I imagine there's some cam lobe on the spring loaded lever. Would it be the same profile on the friction one, or was there a redesign?
No redesign of the safety lever, the spring sits flat on top of the tabs that engage the take-down latch.
I shouldn't have tried to describe it from memory. I'm going to edit the embarassing inaccuracies out of my original post now.
I shouldn't have tried to describe it from memory. I'm going to edit the embarassing inaccuracies out of my original post now.
Bubba Yugga
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Sounds like all it costs is a new spring and some sweat equity.
I'm thinking I'll try it, as the friction one always makes me afraid that I'll accidentally nudge the trigger.
I'm thinking I'll try it, as the friction one always makes me afraid that I'll accidentally nudge the trigger.
