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Old 01-19-2022, 02:04 AM   #10
spearq8
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Re: cracks on trigger area

That looks pretty dangerous! Most likely water has infiltrated the wood in the hole and probably these guns are being loaded through hip rather than chest ... this puts a lot of stress in that area. The proper way to have the trigger installed in a gun is to have the box of the trigger an exact fit ... the pins just retain the trigger in place and don't really pick up the stress of a loaded gun. The load is mainly distributed on the front frame of the trigger box and on a square trigger box ... the back end also prevents lift.

A good idea with holes in wood is to drill an oversized hole and then refill the hole with CF filler and epoxy ... then drill out the hole for the pin. This way you always retain the water tightness of the hole you made and water ingress into the wood is not an issue.
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