Post by tpelle on Aug 13, 2020 19:35:55 GMT -5
I frequently use my FEG Counterfeit FN pistol as my EDC. Yesterday I noticed that the trigger pin was starting to walk out the left side - I could push it out right-to-left just with thumb pressure on the end of the pin that protrudes from the right side of the frame. The odd thing is that I never noticed that issue on that pistol before in the several years that I've had it, and as I said I carry it a lot.
Today I fixed it by the old tried and true method of shrinking the pin holes by displacing metal to the inside of the holes, so all is good. Only took about 30 minutes or so, including time to find my roll pin punch set.
My question is this: Why did this happen? I thought the main cause of this issue was because some ham-fisted gun butcher drove the pin out left-to-right, which enlarges the holes. When I received this pistol several years ago, the security of the trigger pin was one of the things that I inspected, and it felt tight enough then. Does the act of firing the pistol, as well as dry fire practice, cause the holes or even the pin to wear? I don't notice and movement or rotation. Could it be that the holes were already enlarged when the Israelis obtained it (Love to know the story there!) and their parkerizing process, or maybe some minor corrosion in the holes, caused some sort of build-up which my periodic cleaning finally removed?
Inquiring minds would like to know?
