Trojan safety help

B. Dudley · 05-16-2013, 08:59 AM

Chaz,

The safety could have been getting slid off the trigger with pressure. And yes, since the gun was restocked, that throws a large amount of variables into the mix that can be causing the issue and also the doubling. Being a stock maker myself, I can tell you that there is a lot of on and off fitting and adjustments needed at the end to get the safety and replated parts to operate correctly. If the trigger plate is any deeper or shallower that originally, this will effect the operation of the safety. And the operation will also be different if the gun is cocked vs. un-cocked.

And regarding your auto safety reset rod. If the gun was restocked and the rod left out. The stock head may have not been drilled out for the rod. So, if you are to put one back in, you may need to drill it out. Not too difficult. Just need to remove the tang screw bushing and the safety jacket assembly and get the hole drilled at the right angle. I do make new safety pushrods for Parkers. If you want, I can share the plans with you. I will PM you.

Chaz Doebler · 05-16-2013, 12:58 PM

The gun is off to a professional. As Clint Eastwood put it "a man's got to know his limitations."

I found that one of the sears had been machined, causing it to drop way down towards the trigger plate at the other end, and the hammer on the other side almost looks like it has a casting defect where the sear bears on the hammer. There is a "peak" of metal in the center of what should be the cut out for the sear to ride in.

I actually had gotten the safety to work, but I couldn't get the front trigger "plate" to back off the sear due to the sear hanging down so far. The sear was so low on that side that the gun would fire before the front trigger had moved far enough to touch the safety stop. That is why the safety would seem to work without the sears in the gun.

Hopefully I didn't do any damage with what I have done so far. I am just going to put it back together and send it out next week. On the plus side I could now take a Trojan apart and put it back together blindfolded.

Thanks for all that offered information and suggestions.
CHAZ