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(@rman)
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I bought a Crosman 1077 air rifle for my Grandson. The trigger pull was atrocious, so I ordered a 3rd party trigger from Steve.

DISCLAIMER: The trigger isn't my problem. It's my lack of gunsmithing skills.

Put in the new trigger and reassembled. Without putting in a CO2 cylinder, I tried the trigger and it was much better. I charged the rifle, put in the magazine, fired and the mag fell out. Two more times, same result. Grandson was convinced it was the new trigger. Reinstalled the old one. This time it fired one time and the trigger wouldn't pull anymore. Tried to remove the magazine and it was stuck in the rifle and I can't remove it. Can anyone figure out what the heck I'm doing wrong?


   
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jammed clip - Crosman1077OwnersSite (tapatalk.com)

 

just some reading might help 

i think you made a mistake not testing the rifle before you changed the trigger just my opinion, i believe in test first change latter 

good luck in any case 

 


   
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(@rman)
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@marflowThanks for getting back with me. I did test the rifle before I swapped out the trigger and it worked fine. The trigger pull was pretty bad and I thought it would help my Grandson if I replaced it. I should have left well enough alone. The first time I put it back together, when I pulled the trigger it blew the magazine out of the magazine well, but did not shoot a pellet. All the CO2 blew out through the mag well. All of the subsequent times I've tried to fix it causes the stuck magazine problem. I just got through reassembling it once again. (About the 6th time I think, all with the original trigger.) I discovered that I had installed the hammer latch upside down. I was pretty sure things were going to work out. Everything seemed to be working ok until I put in a CO2 cylinder. It fired normally twice, the third time it barely blew out the pellet and then the trigger locked up and the magazine is jammed in again. I'm going to disassemble it one more time, save the mag and rotary clips and pitch the rest of it on separate trash days. I've done something terribly wrong, but for the life of me I can't figure out what.

I've put Volquartzen custom triggers in my Ruger Mark II Target, Mark III .22/45 Target and Mark IV Target guns, Timney trigger in a Remington 700 and 2 stage Rock River target triggers in all my AR15's. I never had problems with any of those guns. This is my first and probably last rodeo with air guns.


   
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(@bill_s)
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@rman Nothing sours people on the sport like bad equipment. Same with airguns, whether its a CO2 gun, multi pump, springer or pre-charged pneumatic. What kind of quality would you expect from a $75 rimfire or center fire rifle? Don't expect any different with an air rifle. Many air rifles rival and exceed the quality of firearms. But you don't have to spend a ton to get something decent.

Many knowledgeable folks here could probably recommend a nice youth rifle that comes with a decent trigger. Don't get discouraged by this experience. 


   
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(@rman)
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@tripleguy Thanks, I realize that a $75 air rifle is not a precision instrument. As a starter gun for a teenager, it is not a bad choice though. I wouldn't buy him a $3500.00 Wilson Combat 1911 to start learning to shoot a handgun. I did, however, give a 1077 to another Grandson several years ago and he has shot thousands of pellets through it without any problems. They actually are a good, serviceable air rifle for the money. My new one worked fine until I disassembled it. What I'm looking for is someone who has a lot of experience with the 1077 and may have made the same dumb mistakes as I did and figured out how to correct them.


   
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(@bill_s)
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@rman

Got it. But a vintage Crosman 180 or 160 won't cost much more and is biilt to rimfire quality. I was just commenting on your through with airguns comment. I realize you're frustrated.


   
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(@rman)
Kansas
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I'm not through with airguns, just through with trying to work on them when I don't know what I'm doing. Give me a firearm and I can put a trigger in it, no problem. Looks like there is no help here.


   
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(@rman)
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Well...I guess I feel better now. My trigger job didn't cause the problem. Found out I had a defective magazine. I didn't take the magazine apart. Bought a new one and it works like a champ now.


   
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? ? ?  And you didn't even have to cuss!  Great job!

 


   
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(@rman)
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Posted by: @kwk

? ? ?  And you didn't even have to cuss!  Great job!

 

I have to confess - I might have said one or two cuss words on about my 7th disassembly/reassembly! Thanks!


   
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