doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Intermittent very light trigger pull

The gun is a Rigby SLE. I'll note that I removed the ejector mechanism from the fore end about a year ago because it wasn't working right. I believe the issue occurred before the ejector mechanism was removed.

Every once in a while the trigger pull for the left barrel will become extremely light, probably under a pound rather than it's normal 4-5 pound trigger. I've had the side locks off, the sear engages correctly and everything appears correct.

Any thoughts onto the cause and perhaps a way to fix it that doesn't require a gunsmith?

Hard to say without seeing but if it feels normal, around 4 lbs and only occasionally feels very light I would suspect something is preventing the sear from fully seating.

Good call.

Try firing that barrel, opening the gun and closing it so that the lock recocks, then carefully remove the lock to see if the sear is fully seated as it should be. It sounds like the problem could be that, occasionally, the cocking mechanism for that lock isn't completely recocking. Since it only happens occasionally it could easily be that the times you've had the locks off and the sear looked fully seated, the trigger pull would have been fine that time. Fixing this is often a simple adjustment to make, by a qualified gunsmith.

I understand that if it only happens occasionally it will be hard to diagnose in the way I described. But, if it is that, it will get worse. I had a boxlock (BSS) that did just what you're describing. My double gunsmith sorted it out years ago and it's never happened again. And this gun gets shot a pretty good bit.