Finally! Fixed my Taurus G2c. Sort of.

[Trey Veston]

I bought a Taurus G2c a couple of years ago when I heard they were the greatest thing since sliced bread under $200. I figured for $180, it was worth the risk.

So I ordered one online and it arrived at my FFL. Felt great in the hand, looked to be of decent quality, and nicer than the last Ruger auto I looked at. Great ergonomics and pretty impressive for under $200.

Brought it home and started evaluating it. Uh oh. The trigger was awful. It had a longer take up, and was at just over 5lbs, and a little mushy, but not a big deal. It was the "catch" halfway through the pull that drove me nuts. Especially if you put any lateral pressure on the trigger, the catch was especially bad.

I went online and someone suggested a new stainless striker guide to replace the plastic one. For $20, I figured it was worth it. Installed it and the trigger pull smoothed, but that "catch" in the middle of the trigger travel was still there.

I took the slide off and looked at the trigger bar and it looked like it might have been rubbing on the frame. Took a jeweler's file and worked on it. No improvement.

Oh well, put it back on the wall of pistols and forgot about it. Then tonight, I was processing some brass and decided to clean guns while I was waiting.

Grabbed the G2c and started fondling it and realized that it was really a great little gun, if only it wasn't for that trigger catch. So I broke it down. Completely. Removed the internals and started isolating the issue.

Finally discovered that it was the trigger safety dingle was attached to a hook. When you pressed on the dingle, it was supposed to move the hook back and let the trigger depress fully. But the hook was catching.

So, I used a flat jeweler's file to round off the hook a bit and that eliminated the catch.

Here is a pic of the hook:



It still works as a safety, but it no longer catches when depressed, as it should be.

Unfortunately, when I was taking the trigger bar assembly out, I felt something hit my hand. I later discovered that there is a small 2.5 mm ball bearing detente for the safety that fell out and has disappeared. Hoping my local hardware store has one. If not, then I found 100 on Amazon for $5.

I still put it back together to try the trigger, and it is 100% better. Still a longer take-up, and still a little mushy at just over 5 lbs, but it is now smooth with no catch.

It was extremely satisfying to figure it out on my own, even though I did lose a part.

Anyone else have tinkering stories that ended in success?

 

[edwardware]

A full investigation would certainly be my first step when encountering an apparent fitting issue like a snag in the trigger stroke. Good you found it.

More broadly, it turns out that if you're willing to dig in and work at it, you can understand most of the problems in the machines around you.

 

[forrest r]

Guess I got lucky. bought 1 for a beater ccw for the misses. Darn thing has run flawless for 1000+ rounds.

What really impressed me was the 1 I bought had a throated bbl in it. Makes a huge difference in what a firearm can and can't use as far as ammo is concerned. This this will eat anything from rn to swc's, .355" to .358" diameter bullets. OAL's don't matter, nor do primers been using small rifle primers in it.

If it fits in the mag, all's I have to do is hit the loud button.

 

[Zendude]

I have heard of that “catch” in the G2C in other forums. Those familiar with it said the G3 doesn’t have the catch.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Nice!

I think all my guns have tinkering stories attached to them.....

This Colt New Army was a pretty good one. Bought it for $150 with very good original finish, bore, and cartouched grips- but all the little internal leaf springs were broken.

Couldnt find them online at the time, so I bought a roll of spring steel stock and cut and bent my own. Threw away lots of trial pieces, but eventually got it up and running.

Pretty much the same story with this Walther Model 6. Went full auto the first time I shot it because the disconnector spring was broken. Turned out the barrel was loose in the frame too and needed shimmed and repinned.

Silly thing actually shot pretty good when I was done with it. Think I had $75 into the whole project.

My buddy found this '06 Winchester in his deceased FIL's attic. Nobody knows how long it was up there, but no one in the family remembers seeing it since at least the '70s. It was rusted shut when I got ahold of it-


Turned out pretty ok. Theres not really any rifling left, but it still knocks over tin cans at 25yds. His oldest daughter is going to be shooting soon, and now she can learn on Grandad's rifle.

My current hangar queen is this M46B I got from my buddy for $30.

The rear sight was broken and the trigger guard disintegrated when I took it off- not to mention all the rust and dried out wood.
I buffed and reblued it, sanded the wood and slathered 5 coats of BLO and Danish oil on it. Between Fleabay and my spares bin, I cobbled together a sorta correct Mossberg rear peep assembly-

Im still fighting with the trigger guard, though. The one Havelin Sales sent me is supposed to fit all late-model 46s, but mine wasnt even close. The trigger loop is way to small and I had to relieve it severely with a Dremel. Im still getting light strikes due to the guard preventing the trigger from retracting sufficiently. This causes the trigger to drag on the firing pin.

Back to the drawing board.

 

[Mike J]

Good Job! I had a PT 111 G2. It was okay & I did carry it for a while but eventually I sold it because of my dislike of the trigger. I guess I'm not as patient as you.

 

[Buckeye63]

Im OK with my G2c trigger .. but Im a revolver guy and shoot alot DA ... so Im OK with it ..

I once bought a dozen Mosin 91/30’s that were advertised as “u-fix’em “ for $ 425 shipped , money I got doing odd jobs ...some were round receivers some hexagon..
Most just needed a good cleaning and I had to fix a few stock cracks .. but I was sent a extra barreled action , which brought it to 13 ... it was a shorter barrel .. turned out to be a carbine a M38 carbine no folding bayonet .. no finish was hardly on the barreled action .. but is was solid some surface rust ... I laid it to the side after giving it a good oiling ...
A couple months went by .. and at a flea market I spotted a 91/30 stock on a table .. I got it for $10.00
it was a bit rough but had all the metal ... that winter I measured it out .. cut it down for the M38 ... sanded it down ... oiled it with several coats of linseed oil ... then started on the barreled action...I cleaned with comet , greased lightning and hot water ( mix I used on all those milsurps) after drying with a hair dyer .. I then cold blued it .. several coats ... when I assembled the little carbine .. It was a beauty ... slick as a ribbon...
action was smooth.. it was accurate... I used it as my hunting rifle for a few seasons.. keeping the freezer full of venison ... and my neighbors also “he had kids .. “ ... The little carbine with 204 gr SP was more than effective...
After I had to sell all but a few of my milsurps , due to sickness and loosing my job .. I had a Marlin 30-30 that took over the hunting duty so , I gave the M38 to my neighbor... I couldn’t price it .. much less sell it, his son has it now ... it was meat getter ... ..

I had a blast restoring those old Mosins .... trading around for other Misurps .. picked up a 1891 Mosin a few Finnish M39’s Polish M44’s ...
Hungarian M44’s and such .. so $425 , and elbow grease and some time built me a rather large Milsurp collection.. 40 + rifles and put meat on several tables in my neighborhood....
and that investment was able to pay the household bills , keep the lights on .. until I got back on my feet ..
I never even attempted to build my Milsurp collection .. but the Milsurp 2 rifles I kept are still in my safe .. and the M38 is in good hands ...

 

[vkeith]

I have heard of that “catch” in the G2C in other forums. Those familiar with it said the G3 doesn’t have the catch.

The first generation PT111 and G2 guns that I have shot did have the catch in the trigger. The G3 full size that I shot did not.

The G3 trigger still has a long pull like the first two generations but is smoother and does not have the annoying catch. While it's still not a great trigger, it's not bad for its price point.

The G3 has a good feel to it and is easy shooting.