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Originally Posted by Michael Sutton
What I found out was on the triggerplate there is a rod This is called the UNHOOKING SLIDE that must be under tension so it can properly operate the cocking slide. What you have to do is back the rod UNHOOKING SLIDE ROD that puts tension on the triggerplate rod out, then place the cocking slide in its place and then the triggerplate. Once all that’s done, tap the rod back in to engage the rod on the triggerplate. You’ll need a nylon tipped hammer to drive it back in. That pin is then held in place by the FORE END handguard where it mates up with the receiver and of course the tightness of the fit of the pin. What gave this all away was when the last person put the triggerplate back on they had to tap it with a hammer which caused a small bulge where the pin was not retracted to properly install the triggerplate.
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What you've done may have fixed your gun, but It sure sounds like your unhooking slide was (and still is) gummed up. This is not, at all, the normal assembly procedure. The unhooking slide rod is NOT held in by the Fore end (handguard?) and under normal circumstances, does not need to be retracted, and "tapped" back in.