Hi
I've got a T-Series made around 1970 that I picked up from Cabela's a while back. The couple of times I shot it the gun jammed (round hanging up on feed ramp).
I replaced the springs on the magazines I was using since my Mark III was also hiccuping. That fixed the Mark III but not the T-Series.
Overall the gun is in pretty good shape and is actually has a pretty tight slide/frame fit.
I would like to move towards getting this resolved even though I may use it as a base for a nice C&S or Novak custom job at some point.
Anyway, today I decided to tinker a little and I noticed that the sear lever on the T-Series does not have tension on it pushing it up and down. Comparing it to my Mark III, I actually think the spring is missing.
I stuck a thin punch down that space from the front and it hits metal about halfway down towards the roll pin. Should the sear lever spring be in the same spot as the Mark III? If it is then there is no spring in my T-Series.
You can see the Mark III spring in the 2nd picture.
As a side question, is that "paddle" on the end of the Mark III sear lever serve as the firing pin block?
Thanks for any input.
I've got a T-Series made around 1970 that I picked up from Cabela's a while back. The couple of times I shot it the gun jammed (round hanging up on feed ramp).
I replaced the springs on the magazines I was using since my Mark III was also hiccuping. That fixed the Mark III but not the T-Series.
Overall the gun is in pretty good shape and is actually has a pretty tight slide/frame fit.
I would like to move towards getting this resolved even though I may use it as a base for a nice C&S or Novak custom job at some point.
Anyway, today I decided to tinker a little and I noticed that the sear lever on the T-Series does not have tension on it pushing it up and down. Comparing it to my Mark III, I actually think the spring is missing.
I stuck a thin punch down that space from the front and it hits metal about halfway down towards the roll pin. Should the sear lever spring be in the same spot as the Mark III? If it is then there is no spring in my T-Series.
You can see the Mark III spring in the 2nd picture.
As a side question, is that "paddle" on the end of the Mark III sear lever serve as the firing pin block?
Thanks for any input.