cocker not cocking

[Steve (NPG COWS)]

one of the guys on my team has a problem with his '96 evo cocker. when you pull the cocking rod it does not cock, just springs back in. the gun is coughing and splutting like robbo when he gets out of bed!
any suggestions as to what is wrong B4 i pull it to bits?

 

[Flash-Bugout]

Well, I'm no expert (and dont claim to be) but it sounds like the sear-lug isn't catching.

 

[Whitey]

I think you should have posted this in the techroom forum.

 

[doo-doo brown (Fusion UK)]

Sear Lug needs lowering....

Well as was said before you need to lower the sear lug, to do it there will either be a hole in the top of the body for an allen key to fit down or you'll need take the grip frame off.

When lowering it you'll have make sure that you time it correctly so that the sear releases the lug about halfway into the pull and then cocks.........

 

[Minnow]

Alternatively set the lug to a height that fires at the time in the trigger pull that you like and then time it using the adjuster on the 3-way timming rod.

Minnow

 

[Scrotum]

Originally posted by Whitey
I think you should have posted this in the techroom forum.

Ironic I guess???

 

[KillerOnion]

Uh, change the name?

Well, I guess rename it...I wouldn't call a Cocker that doesn't cock a Cocker, would you? That would be a bit like a right-side-up upsidedown cake or a fly without wings.

 

[Sloth]

pull the trigger!

 

[Ghost]

Careful with the sear lug. When I was a newb with 'cockers I just about ran the thing out of the gun.

 

[vantrepes]

If you adjust the lug, and that doesn't help, make sure the sear spring is strong enough to catch the hammer. If it's too weak, it will skip over the sear. This is a common side effect of a trigger job done poorly.