So I have another post here about my Ruger#1 troubles. While I was going through them and working on a few things anther issue pops up. The fore end was off and I qas looking things over and hopefully going to gain a little accuracy. While doing this I cock the rifle while lying upside down and it will not fire. I watched the hammer spring move but never knew what it was supposed to do. So I go through my rifle manuals and find one on the Ruger#1 and proceed to take it apart. In the instructions it mentions firing the rifle and the hammer sring will be easy to remove. Well I can not fire the gun and there is a lot of tension on the spring. With a lot of fiddling I get it out and proceed to take it apart. Every thing is done I can do with out removing the butt stock and I play with the hammer release and the trigger works. Put it all back together after building a spring compressor and fighting the piece in place it works. When playing I notice this is great it has a nice trigger now. Put it in the gun room and show it to friend the next day he tries the trigger it works once but then flops in the wind. Last night I angerly take the thing apart again and rreset the trigger to work but it barely holds and I can not get it to work again. My thought now is some thing has to be broke in the trigger. Off comes the butt stock and I am looking and see some thing that looks like part of a chain link. Read more in the manual and yes it is to be connected to the sear. The pins that hold the link in place are in place but not the link. Grab the needle nose pliers and the pin comes out like nothing. Put the pin back in tap it in a bit and all is good . reassemble rifle and it works like new.
Then I start thinking was this piece ever together and how did I get it to work the first time. As I said in my other thread I don't think this rifle has 200 rounds through it. Lucky know one got hurt with this thing I'm thinking.
This is my story any others have any unusual rifle stories to share. Has this happened to any one else with the Ruger#1?
Then I start thinking was this piece ever together and how did I get it to work the first time. As I said in my other thread I don't think this rifle has 200 rounds through it. Lucky know one got hurt with this thing I'm thinking.
This is my story any others have any unusual rifle stories to share. Has this happened to any one else with the Ruger#1?