Hi all,
Don't know how active this thread is. I have a DPMS LR-308. I am not sure if it is gen one or two, but I believe it is II because it doesn't have a forward assist, has a chrome lined barrel and it is a free float with a flat top all the way across and I believe it is one of the "lower" set ups for the following reasons.
I'm on drop in trigger number 2. Don't buy a wing, they are junk, I installed it correctly preformed the safety check and it snapped in half at the thinnest point of aluminum on safe with my hand over the hammer (I'm having real problems with the return to retailer but until they completely f me I'll leave them alone.)
So I decided to go with an Elftman AR-10/308 adjustable trigger, so much nicer. Got it installed, performed all the safety checks, loved the feel, put the top on, go to rack it and boom rack gets stuck. Figured out the rack is not clearing the hammer. I tapped the hammer and saw that there is clearance from where the hammer strikes the pin to the top of the hammer thats giving me problems. My only thought is to start lightly sanding it and see if I can get the "trigger group" to clear the hammer. by removing a pin and jacking the trigger up with its internal pins I have been able to get the trigger to function, but that angles it in such a way that it no longer catches the safety and that's probably not good on a trigger with a sub 3# pull.
Have any of you had issues like this and know if my idea will work? Have any of you had success with drop in triggers? I've emailed the sales department of this particular retailer who advertises this as fitting the DPMS, but doesn't want to take "installed parts" back as well. If they also screw me, I'll probably sand and ultimatly grind away to see if I can get the bolt to clear, I'm sort of waiting on their reply given I think the other company is going to jerk me around on a trigger that, I'M LUCKY BROKE, because even if it had cleared the bolt (which I never got to find out) it would have broken the first time the trigger was on safety and engaged the hammer into the primer of a live round.
Thanks for any input.
EB