Thanks for the responses. After posting earlier I found some of the previous posts regarding the sticking safety and decided it would be worth a look inside. I had not previously fired this gun after receiving it a year or so ago. When I disassembled it I was somewhat surprised that the insides were devoid of any oil, grease or other lubricant and that there was light surface rust on many of the surfaces and screw threads. The safety rod was, in fact, very stiff in the channel and I was able to remove it and clean the corrosion from it and manually chase the channel with a drill bit. I did not enlarge it but just "cleaned it up". After disassembling and lubricating everything including the ejectors in the forearm it seems to function as it should. I have not fired it but have every confidence that it will be as it should be. Having it spontaneously fire upon closing was unnerving to say the least. I'm still not sure how the sticking safety rod would cause it to fire as it did.
|