Tikka trigger spring fail

[longrangelead]

Was this one of the McCarbo springs from FL?

from UM. don't know maker.

 

[General RE LEE]

Only one end of that pin (the correct end) can be inserted into the spring. The other end is too fat. Isn't that what keeps people from installing it backwards... the fact that you can't?

Tikka may have fixed the post making it “fatter” to prevent it being installed backwards. I know it’s easy to do, or at least it used to be, with a light trigger spring.

 

[Smenning]

For that main trigger assembly screw I normally paint pen the threads and then use needle nose pliers wrapped in a rag to hold the mag catch tab in place (it tends to clock when tightening the screw). I then tighten it until the long end of the 90 degree allen wrench bends. Tight tight.

Does the type/brand of paint pen matter?

 

[blkqi]

from UM. don't know maker.

I purchased a Tikka trigger sprint from UM about a year ago. I found it to be way too light at all adjustment levels, and immediately removed it.

I know a lot of instructors that would eject you from the course for that kind of failure, no matter the cause.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Does the type/brand of paint pen matter?

I’ve had good luck with the oil based paint pens from Amazon so far.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Now I need to dig my factory springs back out….

Miracle of miracles I found all 4 of them, jackpot!

 

[mtnwrunner]

7 easy words to live by.........
DO NOT MESS WITH THE FACTORY SPRINGS.

Randy

 

[JohnJohnson]

I wonder what it is about the factory spring that makes it so much more reliable then. Not sure if it's the type of metal used, the coating, the spring tension of the heavier weight, or what.