I just picked up a used ruger 10/22 at a local pawn shop. It looks to be an older model but in good working order. I am loosely familiar with the platform and it parts but there is a strange paddle located inside the trigger guard in front of the trigger itself. After i charge the bolt it appears to act as another trigger. it releases the firing pin whether i push it or pull it. I can also use the trigger itself to release the firing pin. any thoughts?
Hi myoplex;
Are you sure that the front trigger is releasing the hammer? Frankly it looks more like a set trigger to me, where "setting" the trigger will drop the rear trigger's weight of pull. It would probably make a small "tick" or "click" noise as it is setting the sear/hammer engagement to a hair trigger, but if the front paddle really is releasing the hammer completely then it could be grossly out of adjustment, releasing the hammer rather than setting the trigger.
I looked up all the oddball "trigger activators" I could remember - Gat, Hellfire, Hellfire 2000, etc and couldn't find anything like that beast. Interesting is definitely the word. There was a thing called a "doublefire" but that involved a trigger that fired on pull and release. Each was regarded as a manipulation of the trigger by BATFE but the net effect was a gun that was grossly dangerous.
Don't know if you feel comfortable removing your FCG from the rifle to take a look but that would tell the tale of what is going on in there.
Best,
Grumpy