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Single release trigger hammer for the K80
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:55 pm
Hi Alan,
I have all the parts for a single release trigger for my K80 except the hammer which has the recess on the top for the roller cam to sit in. They have quoted me $300 Au for the hammer which is about 185 EURO is it possiable to buy a used one or a new one at a cheaper price in the UK.
Cheers Pat Dury from "Down Under"
Alan
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:08 am
Hi Pat, please do not be offended by what I am going to say here. There is no way that a release trigger should be fitted to a K-80 by anyone other than a Krieghoff trained gunsmith. This is a complicated procedure and the settings and tolerances are critical for the safety of you and others. The fact that you are talking about the hammer having a recess for the roller cam tells me that you have not the slightest idea how the K-80 release even goes into the gun. Please do not attempt this. Even installing a new hammer is a difficult task without the right tools and knoowledge. Actually the price quoted for the hammer is fair as it is a complcated machining.
I also realise the difficulty in Australia of finding a factory qualified gunmaker. For that reason I am prepared to provide your gunsmith with as much help as I can if you insist on going ahead with this. Better that than you kill someone. If you pass on my email address to him I will provide as much technical support as possible but please believe me when I tell you that it is almost impossible to properly and safely set up a K-80 release unless you know what you are doing and have it in your hands.
patdury
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:31 am
Alan,
thank you for your concern in the fitting of the trigger I had no intention of fitting the trigger myself I intend to use John Mialls who is the Australian Krieghoff agent and has fitted numerious single and doublle release triggers to Krieghoffs. As I acqiured most of the parts from a friend who removed the system from his K80, he would not exchange his hammer for my pull action hammer and John wanted to sell me a complete kit which was not feasibile as I allready have most of the parts so I looked for an alternative means of obtaining a hammer instead of waiting until multiple orders from the agent were filled from thr Krieghoff factory approx 3 months waiting. Ordering a new single release hammer was not a viable action and also a costly one. I thought that a second hand one might be readily availible in your part of the world.
Cheers Pat
Alan
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:22 pm
That is fine but of course your original post sounded like you were going to try it yourslef as usually a gunsmith would also supply the parts. Here in the UK for example it is unlikely that we would re-use release parts for a second gun.
If you let me have the serial number of your gun I can see if we can find you a hammer. I also need a photograph of the release plate you have so I know which hammer you need. It will not be a problem for us to supply a single hammer directly to John Mialls, either new or used. Send me the info and I will see what we can do.
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