AR Gold trigger issue

[308kiwi]

Hey guys, if I may post a little issue that has been bugging me intermittently and seek guidance...

I'm running an AR Gold trigger in my Aero 308, every now and then the trigger doesn't reset, ie it follows the bolt group into battery on a live round, it doesn't fire the round as it is just following the BCG but does end up sitting in the 'fired' position on a live round which then has to be ejected to reset the trigger.

It may do it 1 in 5 to 1 in 10 rounds, so reasonably intermittently, ( I guess that depends on one's interpretation of intermittent)

Rifle is not suppressed and otherwise cycles just fine, feeds, fires, extracts, ejects and locks back on last round, the round fired when this happens behaves in the same way as the one before it as far as extraction and ejection etc.

This has only recently started to happen, up till now it has reset 100%, I've completely stripped, checked for debris, cleaned and lubed every component.

I've removed the trigger for now and replaced it with an Elftmann and it has been 100%, so I'm thinking it is specifically trigger related.

Any suggestions or insights or experience with the AR Gold triggers would be much appreciated. Cheers

Aero M5 upper, lower, BCG, rifle gas system, 20" barrel, Slash's heavy 10oz buffer, LBE 308 rifle length buffer spring.

[98Z5V]

I've only got one SR Gold trigger, and it's never done this.  There are probably 3k rounds through it.  What's your round count, ballpark number?  I'd honestly contact PACT, and let them know about it, see if they've heard of it or remedied it before. 

[308kiwi]

98Z5V,  +/- somewhere around 1K rounds on it without any issues.

I was thinking to contact PACT direct but thought I'd post the issue to you guys who have been around for a long time with this platform.

Cheers

 

[98Z5V]

Please put the results up here - I'm curious if this has happened before, and what would/could cause it.  I'm positive that PACT will stand behind it, for sure.

[308kiwi]

Sorted.......

Pulled it all to bits again last night, turns out the over travel screw had backed itself out which was letting the sear cam too far back only just missing the hammer on reset, 1/2 a turn in,  a drop of loctite, just ran 100 rounds without issue.

 

[98Z5V]

Wonder if it was loc-tited when they built it?  Glad you sorted it out, man!

[DNP]

I'm a little late to help out...I was going to share this flowchart to help you troubleshoot the issue. 

[308kiwi]

Not sure, there didn't appear to be any residual loctite on the screw, but hey now I know what that screw does

lol DNP, that flow chart is SOP at work