What's a 'DOH!!! moment? It's that instant you realize you were doing, or saying something incredibly stupid and you should have known better (See: Simpson, Homer). Here is mine from this weekend:
I had just finished installing a CMC Drop-in trigger into one of my AR lowers. This is the third time I've changed out triggers on my different AR lowers, so I was VERY confident I knew what I was doing. I put everything back together, finished torquing down the pistol grip and went to check everything out.
Cock the hammer - Check
Safety on - Check
Hammer Doesn't fall -Check
Cock the hammer - Check
Selector switch to fire - Check
Hammer Falls - Check (of course I was holding it)
Cock the hammer again - move the selector back to Safe....and....WTF??
The selector switch does a complete 360. Ummmm....that's not right....so I figure the detent spring/pin are misaligned (or fell out) so I loosen the pistol grip. Nope Everything is where it should be. So I carefully re-torque everything and try again....Safety - Check: Fire - Check: but the selector switch is still just turning and turning.
Of course being the smart trouble shooter that I am, I repeated the EXACT same process 2 more times (with the exact same results...big shocker there). Finally I decide to walk away for a little bit before I wedge my nice new lower into the drywall of my garage.
It was still bugging me when I went to bed last night, but I thought a good night's sleep might clear my head. Then at 4:00 this morning it hit me.....I had put the safety in the wrong way....instead of the selector switch being on the left side of the lower....I had it on the right..........
I had just finished installing a CMC Drop-in trigger into one of my AR lowers. This is the third time I've changed out triggers on my different AR lowers, so I was VERY confident I knew what I was doing. I put everything back together, finished torquing down the pistol grip and went to check everything out.
Cock the hammer - Check
Safety on - Check
Hammer Doesn't fall -Check
Cock the hammer - Check
Selector switch to fire - Check
Hammer Falls - Check (of course I was holding it)
Cock the hammer again - move the selector back to Safe....and....WTF??
The selector switch does a complete 360. Ummmm....that's not right....so I figure the detent spring/pin are misaligned (or fell out) so I loosen the pistol grip. Nope Everything is where it should be. So I carefully re-torque everything and try again....Safety - Check: Fire - Check: but the selector switch is still just turning and turning.
Of course being the smart trouble shooter that I am, I repeated the EXACT same process 2 more times (with the exact same results...big shocker there). Finally I decide to walk away for a little bit before I wedge my nice new lower into the drywall of my garage.
It was still bugging me when I went to bed last night, but I thought a good night's sleep might clear my head. Then at 4:00 this morning it hit me.....I had put the safety in the wrong way....instead of the selector switch being on the left side of the lower....I had it on the right..........
