A Cautionary Tale for Remmy 7600 Owners

[Wm.Traynor]

After cleaning and oiling last Sunday, the trigger assembly was removed for lubing. It had not been done for a while and a bit of creep was evident while bench shooting, so some G96 was squirted appropriately and the unit was sett aside to drain.
After wiping down and without reinstalling in the rifle, the hammer was cocked and the trigger carefully pulled to see if the creep remained.
B A D M O V E!

Both the mag release and its spring F L E W O F F into the outer reaches of my garage
B U T I found both of them
However, I could not see how to fit the spring to the lever and housing Nowhere could I find fitting instructions
So, this morning I went to the garage and sat down on the milk crate that has been with us for 35 years and thought and experimented and stuffed about until finally, I figured it out
You're Welcome

[womble]

Well done on finding the spring again.
The chances one in a billion.
Things like that are usually gone forever.
I’ve done similar and grid searched a room with a spotlight. Just gone forever.

[No1Mk3]

Yes womble, the mechanics, fitters, toolmakers nightmare sound, "ting, clank" gone into a mini worm hole under the work bench and landed in some other Universe.

[bladeracer]

After cleaning and oiling last Sunday, the trigger assembly was removed for lubing. It had not been done for a while and a bit of creep was evident while bench shooting, so some G96 was squirted appropriately and the unit was sett aside to drain.
After wiping down and without reinstalling in the rifle, the hammer was cocked and the trigger carefully pulled to see if the creep remained.
B A D M O V E!

Both the mag release and its spring F L E W O F F into the outer reaches of my garage
B U T I found both of them
However, I could not see how to fit the spring to the lever and housing Nowhere could I find fitting instructions
So, this morning I went to the garage and sat down on the milk crate that has been with us for 35 years and thought and experimented and stuffed about until finally, I figured it out
You're Welcome

I launched the hammer spring guide rod of the JW21 over my shoulder in my office a few years back, still haven't found it, was easier to order a replacement
I used a length of bungy cord as the hammer spring for a while.

[Wm.Traynor]

bladeracer, that is genius Full marks for ingenuity

[bladeracer]

bladeracer, that is genius Full marks for ingenuity

It worked just fine for 590rds until I received the replacement

[Blr243]

Blades photo is proof that there are people out there that are just as feral as I am

[LawrenceA]

I have a 1915 Luger in bloody good nick.
The wooden magazine base is held in by a little wooden dowel.
The mag was pretty gritty so I decided to clean it.
Here is where sirens shuld have sounded.
Pushed out the pin and it skeddadled to somehwere in the loungeroom!!!!
100 year old wooden gun parts are hard to come by. Especially ones that look like twigs.

A week later after removing all the furniture and crawling around I gave up.

A week later my wife found it in her shoe!!!!!
Least it was found

Brno model 2 trigger ball bearing are good at it as well.

[ZaineB]

Yes womble, the mechanics, fitters, toolmakers nightmare sound, "ting, clank" gone into a mini worm hole under the work bench and landed in some other Universe.

I have a brand new 1/4" drive socket in 7mm missing somewhere in my 4by haha, lost it two weeks ago the day I bought the set. lol

[womble]

I have a 1915 Luger in bloody good nick.
The wooden magazine base is held in by a little wooden dowel.
The mag was pretty gritty so I decided to clean it.
Here is where sirens shuld have sounded.
Pushed out the pin and it skeddadled to somehwere in the loungeroom!!!!
100 year old wooden gun parts are hard to come by. Especially ones that look like twigs.

A week later after removing all the furniture and crawling around I gave up.

A week later my wife found it in her shoe!!!!!
Least it was found

Brno model 2 trigger ball bearing are good at it as well.

Good lord.
See that’s exactly what happens.
Technically it has to be in that room. It cannot pass through walls, floor, ceiling. It’s not possible. It is there somewhere, it has to be.
Except that it’s not.
It left in someone’s shoe. Nobody would consider that possibility, ever.
And just the whole emotional rollercoaster. From a frenzied hysteria to an overwhelming elation. It’s too much.

[Wm.Traynor]

womble

[pomemax]

Dillon Mr Bullet feeder tube has a series of ball bearing around the tube when a bullet sits on the bearings all ok.case pushes up bullet drops in case next bullet stays
I cleaned a tube the other day dropped all the bearings in the garage floor crawling around I found 3 NOT the 4th these things are about 1/8 inch dia I spent the next 4-5 hours looking for the 4th only then to realize the .22 tube only has 3 ball,sl not 4 .
what iI found strange was that I found 3

[straightshooter]

At times I have been a slow learner but one lesson I have learnt when dismantling unfamiliar complex items containing springs under tension or other small fiddly components is this.
Do so inside a large clear polythene bag. When the inevitable/unexpected happens the bits don't go too far.

[Wm.Traynor]

At times I have been a slow learner but one lesson I have learnt when dismantling unfamiliar complex items containing springs under tension or other small fiddly components is this.
Do so inside a large clear polythene bag. When the inevitable/unexpected happens the bits don't go too far.

Yeah; I remembered that.....................................................................................................................this morning

[Oldbloke]

Take a pic first.

[Wm.Traynor]

Take a pic first.

That's good advice too

[Oldbloke]

A good trick is using diesel.

If you wash something like a trigger assembly with diesel it's good for cleaning. But because it's actually a very light oil it also lubricates everything. Just drain and wipe off the excess.

Of course you can add a drop or two of oil where you think it needs it as well.

Saves a bit of work.

[straightshooter]

Take a pic first.

Yes, I suppose that might help maintain focus on what it is that that you are looking for.
My problem is when I look for something that suddenly 'escaped' in my hoard/workshop I get distracted by finding things I couldn't find the last time something similar happened.

[Oldbloke]

Take a pic first.

My main reason is reassembly.

[No1Mk3]

A good trick is using diesel.

If you wash something like a trigger assembly with diesel it's good for cleaning. But because it's actually a very light oil it also lubricates everything. Just drain and wipe off the excess.

Of course you can add a drop or two of oil where you think it needs it as well.

Saves a bit of work.

G'day Oldbloke,
Old Target Rifle shooters trick is to wash your sights in 2 stroke, removes build up and when petrol evaporates leaves a smear of oil behind. Still do it to my Central and Parker hale sights, Cheers.

[Larry]

You have me curious now. I am sure I have had mine apart but cant remember or picture it in my head. At least I have been warned and will be more careful than usual. But like others I have lost the Jesus part before when things go ping.

[Wm.Traynor]

You have me curious now. I am sure I have had mine apart but cant remember or picture it in my head. At least I have been warned and will be more careful than usual. But like others I have lost the Jesus part before when things go ping.

Just don't test your trigger pull, Larry, with the trigger block out of the receiver. There is nothing holding the mag release in place. once everything is stuffed inside the receiver, it cannot escape and you can do what you like

[Oldbloke]

A good trick is using diesel.

If you wash something like a trigger assembly with diesel it's good for cleaning. But because it's actually a very light oil it also lubricates everything. Just drain and wipe off the excess.

Of course you can add a drop or two of oil where you think it needs it as well.

Saves a bit of work.

G'day Oldbloke,
Old Target Rifle shooters trick is to wash your sights in 2 stroke, removes build up and when petrol evaporates leaves a smear of oil behind. Still do it to my Central and Parker hale sights, Cheers.

Yea, have heard that one too.