Help Hawkinsons not firing

[snowtiger308]

I was given a hawmins 50 cal for x-mas It will not fire. I can pull the triger 35+ #. The set take up triger works but the set triger just goes click. no nrop to the nipple. any sugestions? It is a long time till ml season but i want it to work darn it. I love my inlaws but I should have gotten a tag with it with adisclaimer about some assembly required or repairs needed.(-:

[cayugad]

snowtiger - I am not real sure about your problem. This is a Hawkins. Who makes it first off? It has a set trigger which is the back trigger. Will the hammer actually cock, lock, and set? And when you pull the front trigger, the hammer will not fall? And I getting the jest of all this?

[lemoyne]

If you live near one of us give us a PM, DON"T FORCE IT,you could break it and it might be a minor fix otherwise
Where do you live? Lee

[cayugad]

sometimes a simple fix if the hammer will not fall is to loosen the screw that holds the lock plate to the side of the rifle. If they are cranked on too hard they can sometimes bind the parts in there and not let something drop. Like Lee said, don't force it. Was this a kit rifle?

[gleason.chapman]

ORIGINAL: snowtiger308

I was given a hawmins 50 cal for x-mas It will not fire. I can pull the triger 35+ #. The set take up triger works but the set triger just goes click. no nrop to the nipple. any sugestions? It is a long time till ml season but i want it to work darn it. I love my inlaws but I should have gotten a tag with it with adisclaimer about some assembly required or repairs needed.(-:

If it is a TC Hawkins send it back to TC and have them fix it. Won't cost that much and you will get it back perfect.
Chap Gleason

[sabotloader]

snowtiger308

I am going to make an assumption, and often that leads to problems... I am going to assume that it has a set trigger (two triggers in the trigger guard) the rear one being the set trigger) In between the two triggers is a small screw hanging down...??? The adjustment of this screw may give you the symptoms you are decribing... and as Cayugad suggested there may be a physical problem...

Let us know what trigger and what rifle you have...

[frontier gander]

ORIGINAL: snowtiger308

The set take up triger works but the set triger just goes click. no nrop to the nipple.

The set trigger is supposed to go click when its pulled and takes up the pressure on the firing trigger. Make sure you understand which trigger makes it go boom.

[snowtiger308]

the answer to all your questions.
yes the back trigger is the heavy triger set?. the front is the light kaboom trigger.
there are two screws yes the one in the middle of the assembly it does change the engagement point of the triger to the set trigger. that works fine. the problem apears to me that the lift on the trigger is not high enough to lift the lever holding the Fireing pin on the sear in the lock. If you take the side plate off the gun you see a bar sticking out that is moved vertical when the trigger is pulled. it goes up and the hammer falls and kaboom (in most guns but not this one.) you can pull the front trigger and it is verry hard like the rear one and it eventuly trips the hammer. I will try my hand at fixing the problem again tonight. thank you all for the help and the input on my little problem.

[snowtiger308]

some thing new. I can pull the heavy trigger in the rear and pull the hammer back then the set trigger works. if i cock the hammer and then the rear heavy trigger the set trigger does not work. it is a cva gun.in answer to manufactuer.



ok it only worked three times that way i think i will give this to my gunsmith and former fatherin law (still great friends) he can fixit. but any more info would be great.

[frontier gander]

i'd mess with that little screw thats between the 2 triggers. my brother had to fiddle with his and adjust it for the hammer to go off. Probably just out of adjustment.