[QUOTE=sabotloader;4323712]You are correct I probably did because it adjusts just like the Walker trigger. I do apologize if I miss-lead you on that.
Gosh! I have never been able to use a 3/8" drive to remove the BP - but in all honesty I do not even remember trying. I have always used a 1/4" drive with extension and 7/16" deep socket and they just barely fit.
I Had to go to a 1/4" deepwell so my socket wouldn't be shoved off the breech plug as I installed it.
Could you try this... remove the hammer assembly from the bolt. Install the bolt in the rifle and work the bolt. It should open/close handle drop down with no effort at all.
This is also a good test for the depth of the breech plug... if it is not seated in the barrel deep enough the bolt (without hammer assembly) will insert and draw back just fine but it will not just drop down to the fully closed position as the bolt shroud will run into the breech plug nut.
This is also a problem that can cause the bolt to not seat correctly or lift very difficult. Depending on how far in you screw the hammer assembly there are bolt housing and hammers that will lock up themselves up. If you screw the secondary safety all the way in, and I mean in tight and then screw the hammer assembly into the bolt until it stops. Depending on where it stops will determine how far to turn it back. If when you turn the hammer in and it passes the detent by up to a 3/4 turn you often have to turn the hammer assembly back out 1 full turn + the amount it passed by then loosen the secondary safety. The hammer shroud has to have a small space between it and the bolt housing....
Correct several years ago Knight had another company furnish them with triggers that looked like and function like Timneys...
I am not sure why you felt the new trigger was a problem but if t were adjusted correctly it truly is a better trigger than the contract copy.
I would give anything (well not really) to look at your rifle - I would really like to know what is going on...
mike
I have already shipped the rifle to Bestill for a breech plug, I also asked him to check and repair the bolt operation if possible. The trigger assembly knight put on had a 5 lb trigger pull, I adjusted the trigger pull to per your instructions. I set it at 3 lbs. When I tested the trigger pull NUMEROUS TIMES the lbs. were all over the place. I tried re adjusting several times and no good results were forth coming, and many reading in a not so safe range. I considered the trigger to be dangerous and with my experience if I wanted to keep the gun I had to replace it, if I wanted to shoot it. That was my first mistake.
If I knew you would have been willing to look at the rifle I would have paid shipping to and from and for your time and effort. I enjoy reading your post and put a lot of stock in what you say. Truth be known it was You and Ronlaughlin that led me to consider buying a knight rifle. Don't get me wrong I'm not blaming you all for anything! Ha Ha