Hey everyone. Got a question about a safety selector that's stiff from Safe to 45 degrees towards Fire and vice versa. I'm in the middle of a build (just realized I forgot to buy a castle nut so I'm in no rush) using my trusty Walt Kuleck AR15 assembly guide. And I'll probably trouble shoot this more in the morning but figured I might ask you guys what you think I should check.
Here's the setup:
Rainier Arms A-DAC-F Lower (45 degree safety compatible)
Brownells LPK
Geissele Tri Con (blem) trigger
standard 90 degree safety
(With no Hammer installed, no safety selector detent spring nor detent)
The safety selector is moves freely w/o binding
(With Hammer installed, no safety selector detent spring nor detent)
From Fire to Safe, the Safety selector binds near at about 45 degrees and then slides home to "Safe". Also moving out of Safe it under tension and slides out to about 45 Degrees then tension disappears and smoothly goes into 'Fire'.
I checked the Geissele trigger, and it does appear to have a bit of wear on the one of the rear tangs of the trigger that sits at the back of the receiver where I believe the safety contacts it.
I'm trying to understand why it only binds for 45 degrees near 'Safe'. Ironically, I fixed a friend's gun today who was complaining his safety selector was too stiff so I snipped two coils off the safety selector spring. Must have jinxed me.
In the morning I'll try to swap out the safety and the trigger. I've installed a Geissele S2S in my other gun using the same safety/lpk kit/lower setup w/o any issues.
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