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    I may be wrong about this, but I remember some batches of those lowers being out of spec and they were being sold off at gun shows.

    I also don't remember detent pins being different. They were designed so that one could insert them either way. Maybe I am getting Alzheimer's in my old age.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    I may be wrong about this, but I remember some batches of those lowers being out of spec and they were being sold off at gun shows.

    I also don't remember detent pins being different. They were designed so that one could insert them either way. Maybe I am getting Alzheimer's in my old age.
    No.
    You are absolutely correct.

    I wouldn't be so worried about the takedown and pivot pin detents as much as I would be about the FCG holes.
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    Last night I pulled a takedown detent out of the last lower I built with a PSA kit, flipped it, and put it back together. No difference in function, so IMHO I wouldn't worry about that. And those takedown pins are really tight too.

    Do you have another rifle you could swap the fire control group with to see which component is causing the problem via process of elimination?

    Good luck.

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    I've put in two PSA LPKs, never paid attention to the orientation of the detent pins. Takedown and pivots on both work just fine, with no more or less noticeable difference in tension than either of my factory assembled Colts. I suppose I could have scored a perfectly lucky 4/4 in putting them 'round end out,' but it's more likely that it's just not that critical.

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    You're supposed to intall the safety selector first, then with the selector set to fire, install the FCG.
    Last edited by jb1911; 11-17-12 at 12:17.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jb1911 View Post
    You're supposed to intall the safety selector first, then with the selector set to fire, install the FCG.
    Not according to the TM-05538C-23&P/2
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    Quote Originally Posted by polymorpheous View Post
    Not according to the TM-05538C-23&P/2
    Admit it, my way is better.

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    We are all very impressed, I'm sure.


    All bullshit aside...
    This is not the board to sling misinformation.

    If that order of assembly works for you, fine.
    But speaking in absolutes, telling the OP he is "supposed" to do it a certain way, when in fact depot level armorer's technical manuals state otherwise.

    Sometimes you think you know something, other times you KNOW you know something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jb1911 View Post
    Admit it, my way is better.
    Your way is really a crap shoot. The reason is because of tolerance staking. Some triggers will NOT fit into the lower with the selector in place.


    If using GI FCG, I typically drop the trigger in and then install the selector. Then put in the trigger pin, hammer and hammer pin.




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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    Your way is really a crap shoot. The reason is because of tolerance staking. Some triggers will NOT fit into the lower with the selector in place.


    If using GI FCG, I typically drop the trigger in and then install the selector. Then put in the trigger pin, hammer and hammer pin.




    C4
    The reason some triggers will not fit into the lower with the selector in place is because the cut out in the lower for the trigger is not long enough.

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