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I took my 2007 SS 580 series Mini out to the range today to check zero on it because I'm going coyote hunting in the morning.
The gun was operating like a champ, and had held zero from my last visit. I put a whole mag of 55 gr Federal FMJ through, and then decided to proof test a brand new metal pro mag I had recently bought.
I had 62 gr "green tip" in this mag and wanted to see how it handled. The magazine fit in the gun at home and I dry cycled ammo through it a few weeks ago, but nothing instills confidence like actually cycling some live rounds through a new mag, so I took a few shots.
On about the 5th shot, I squeezed the trigger and nothing happened. It wouldn't fire. I took my trigger finger out and started to pull my hand away, and the trigger assembly fell out of the gun.
Obviously I was perplexed, so I cleared the gun and gave everything a thorough look over and it all appeared okay. So I reinserted the trigger assembly, chambered another round and fired it, and as I set up for another shot, I could feel the assembly was loose again, and the trigger guard was not locked down.
Has anyone ever experienced this?
At first I thought it was related to the new metal pro mag, so I put in a 30-round Tapco Gen II, also with 62gr GT's, and the same thing happened.
I've put 100's of green tip through my gun, so I have a hard time believing it's the round, but I'm at a loss for ideas.
One other thing to mention is that this rifle sits in a Tapco stock, not the factory original, and this is where I intend to focus my search for the problem, but I've never had a problem with Tapco stocks before or ever heard of anything like this.
The gun was operating like a champ, and had held zero from my last visit. I put a whole mag of 55 gr Federal FMJ through, and then decided to proof test a brand new metal pro mag I had recently bought.
I had 62 gr "green tip" in this mag and wanted to see how it handled. The magazine fit in the gun at home and I dry cycled ammo through it a few weeks ago, but nothing instills confidence like actually cycling some live rounds through a new mag, so I took a few shots.
On about the 5th shot, I squeezed the trigger and nothing happened. It wouldn't fire. I took my trigger finger out and started to pull my hand away, and the trigger assembly fell out of the gun.
Obviously I was perplexed, so I cleared the gun and gave everything a thorough look over and it all appeared okay. So I reinserted the trigger assembly, chambered another round and fired it, and as I set up for another shot, I could feel the assembly was loose again, and the trigger guard was not locked down.
Has anyone ever experienced this?
At first I thought it was related to the new metal pro mag, so I put in a 30-round Tapco Gen II, also with 62gr GT's, and the same thing happened.
I've put 100's of green tip through my gun, so I have a hard time believing it's the round, but I'm at a loss for ideas.
One other thing to mention is that this rifle sits in a Tapco stock, not the factory original, and this is where I intend to focus my search for the problem, but I've never had a problem with Tapco stocks before or ever heard of anything like this.