I was wondering what that trigger was made of... it reminded me of a soft, crumbly cast iron.
The metal plate where the magazine enters the gun is made of the same stuff, it broke when I took the gun apart last night.
I dunno if I will even bother to fix this gun, looks like they were pretty cheaply made.
Maybe I'll sell it for parts or just hang it on my wall.
I will post a picture of my solution for the broken trigger guard on mine.
I also had noticed the trigger was made of aluminum, I think she is going to get a tear down and there might be some trigger fabrication going on in my basement over xmas break.
I think that but for the crappy zinc parts (trigger, trigger guard) they are very nice little firearms.
The problem with the trigger is partially that there is a circular projection at the rear under the wood that is the safety interlock. The safety 'bar' when it moves rear ward prevents the trigger from being pulled.
The piece projects from the back of the trigger to which it is integral, and there is a sharp internal corner in there. I don't know how you would expect that to last, it is just a matter of time before it breaks off, taking off the entire lower part of the trigger with it.
^The trickiest part was forging (yep, that is the word for it) the trigger bow into shape.
For that I am glad I had my mapp torch handy. It made it really easy to bend the bow to shape when it was heated up to the plastic state.
Love one - off metalwork!
Just one more thing:
Apart from the problems with the unstable zinc alloy trigger guard & the poorly made trigger, I think the 20P is superior to the (currently made) Ruger 10/22's. Of course, a Ruger 10/22 of previous eras would be superior, I had one back in the 80's.
