Thread: 1858 issue
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Old June 23, 2012, 10:44 AM   #10
Kadmos
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If I don't pull the hammer back farther it will stay at full cock.

The problem is that full cock isn't as far back as it should go, the hammer is far forward enough to obscure the sights. I did have a few failure to fires, but I was using uncle mikes nipples which are shorter, and some Remington caps of really questionable quality (priming compound fell out of several).

The mainspring seems ok. I'm really thinking now it's the trigger. I think half cock looks short also, and though I can barely see in there with the guard off and bolt out, it looks like the trigger really moves forward at half cock, like it's wedged sort of across half cock, rather than actually fully seating in the slot.
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