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Yo Bert (Brian??), I tried emailin you a few times but you must have thought it was some recruiter hogwash. Drop me a line sometime, Ill show her to ya. Runs perfect! Going to the Syr gun show? Ill have a ifty and a MK19 there for the NG display. Stop by and Ill hook you up with a free t shirt or so...

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What ya'all think? Not bad for a garage HF welder and a Walmart dremel tool. Dont forget the cold blue......

Well, I see nobody is responding, so I guess Ill chime in....have you looked at the diagrams and pictures on this site. Have you gone to the stickeys section?

What are you having trouble with?

Lastly.....................why are you reassembling a full auto FCG?

This bolt/trigger clearance issue has been a problem from day one. No feeding or extraction issues, no other problems, but the trigger group has been hell. Ive ground the bolt, ground the hammer, ground the bolt, the hammer, the bolt, the hammer, the bolt, etc.....I never thought to shim the trigger...

Using the PBB grip. Looks like I gotta shim it up front. Im getting tired of ordering hammers and disconnectors! Shipping is killing me!

I have ground so much off the bolt and hammer that Im afraid to go any further. How much do I have to take off? As it is, Ive already removed the entire raised face of the hammer.....how much can I take off until it doesnt have enough driving mass to pop the primers?

I braved the 15 degree weather today and took the 42 out to the range....quick trip, belt of 40 rounds (and 2 other guns). So there I was chugging along, all happy that my set screw idea fixed my horrendous trigger slap. Wow, this is fun....then she stop resetting the hammer. After several hand char...

Is there any way to adjust how much free play the bipod has? Mine leans forward and backward just enough to be annoying. Id like to limit the travel a bit. I looked at the assy and its full of half washers and pins and stuff. If its anything like all other over engineered Germn gear, there HAS to be...

I went with the set screw under the front of the tigger. Once I get the new parts Ill get her all set up for a nice break point and loctite the screw in. Ill let you know how it works.

Thag say your method too difficult for Infantry guy. IM gonna go with the trigger limit screw for now, if that doesnt work then Ill just tape some foam on the trigger!

Hey Tomcat, Ive given it some thought, and Im gonna try a small set screw UNDER the trigger, up front. (below where it sets on the sear) I think this will be the simplest and least invasive idea. Thanks for the input. Man I love this gun!

Well, none of it matters till my new hammer and disconnect get here this week. Lesson learned. You should have seen the looks on my parents faces when they walked into my gun room and saw the 42 sitting on the tripod.....bawoohahahaha!

If I understand correctly I need to limit the travel of the trigger, in ways of how far you can pull the trigger back? So a stop or dowel above the rear of the trigger will work? Ive looked at it all night and it seems to make sense... BTW I ordered parts from Sherluk marketing...they always seem to...

Which reminds me, anybody got a source for cheap AR hammer and disconnector? I might want a few and I dont wanna get killed on price or shipping.

I took a good look at it tonight. When the bolt comes back and resets the trigger, the disconnector is pushing against the trigger real hard. I ground the bolt, and I ground the bottom of the disconnestor part that sits in trigger. It was still hitting so I ground a bit off the disconnector notch on...

Im sure I need to grind more off the bottome off my bolt. My rails are VERY low, as evidenced by the fact that I had to grind the hell out of the outside of the recouperator to get it to fit in the channel. I just didnt want to admit that to anybody yet

Well I had a hell of a time with the bolt/hammer clearance issue. I ground darn near half the hammer off and even had to take off some material on top of the disconector. I dont know If I should take more off the bolt or keep working the hammer/disconnector issue. A little tinkering will fix it, but...

My ONLY complaint is the trigger slap that the AR trigger group has. My finger felt like it was broken after 2-3 rounds. Is this common? Any cures other than foam and duct tape?

Please ignore the stupid look on my face. I was still in shock that it worked!

After 10 months of painstaking work and budgeting, I finally took the 42 out to the range today. I set her up on the tripod and loaded one round. Tied a string to the trigger bar, stood back and pulled.......BANG! OK, lets try two. BANG BANG. Cycling was perfect. Now Five......all good. Now ten........