Micke1 and the rest of you wonderful guys, this couldn't have come along at a more exact moment ! After stripping an Original 75 back in September last year which wouldn't cock, and given to me by a late friend to try and repair ( and for me to keep ! ) two things went wrong, firstly I should have taken photos or made notes of where bits went
and secondly, I shouldn't have left it 5 months to start putting it back together
Anyway, I found out what was stopping it from cocking, one of the lead in teeth from the from the compression piston rack had broken off and jammed the mechanism. Having stripped the Giss system and sorted out the "gouge" in the rear compensation piston, last Saturday I decided to start reassembling it, now here's where the problem began..... I didn't have any problem reassembling the Giss system as I fully restored a 65/66 about two years ago, what is causing me problems is putting the trigger mechanism back together.
I think from the hand drawn image in the Swedish 75 manual, I've got to have the gun fully cocked to install the trigger parts, is this correct? I did assemble it with the gun uncocked but when I tried to cock it ( even slowly and gently ) part 21 the rear hook broke where the small "sear" goes through the action.
I almost put it all in the bin at this point, but decided I owe it to the memory of my late friend to have one more go
so I've ordered a new part from Chambers ( £28
) and will try again, so chaps, any help or tips on reassembling the trigger mech would be most appreciated as I can't afford to replace any more parts.
Cheers,
Norm