Re: 1947 LC Smith 30" Field: how safe is the safety? Archived Message
Posted by Jason on October 25, 2015, 7:21 pm, in reply to "Re: 1947 LC Smith 30" Field: how safe is the safety?"
Thank you David This helps understand the system even more! Am I right in 'guess-timating' that the trigger engages the sear simply by 'nudging' it up? The best image of a disassembled trigger I can find is the schematic at Numrich. From this image, I am not sure if the rear-most 'ledge' is what pushes up on the sear, or if it is the highest part of the trigger itself. I am guessing that the highest part of the trigger is what the safety engages? Looking at those images, it appears that there is a shape of the trigger that seems to do what I had been thinking on the earlier response to Tom's post. It looks like it might be designed so that there is an angle to the vertical plate above the 'sear shelf' that is designed in such a way that it is slightly canted over and to the rear of the sear 'lobe'. If I am right [and that is a BIG if], it looks like, when a trigger is pulled, that angle straightens out and the sear 'lobe' can rise with the pressure of the trigger. If the trigger is not pressed, that angle acts to 'capture' the sear and prevent upward motion [on, say a drop or impact that might bounce the sear off the hammer], as the sears' upward motion would also necessitate a miniscule amount of forward motion and both would be blocked by this angle of the trigger plate. IF I am right, this would act as a secondary 'block' to sear motion unless the trigger is pulled, and avoid the need for the intercepting sear found in the other images you provided. [thanks again!] My problem is that this is all supposition, as I can't see the angle of the trigger parts when installed to know if I am on the right path or if the schematic was based on a person who just rotated the triggers a smidge before creating the image. Thanks again!
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