Old_Me
Ronin
ok, so months ago, i tried to replace the plastic trigger in my Beretta 92 FS, with a Beretta steel one.
it was a chore, because i did not have the special Beretta tool, that the gunsmith had to pull up on the trigger spring, when he made the video.
this time, i went to walmart, and bought "tools" that are well...unusual to gunsmithing, but found that they do work.
many of you guys may already know these things, but i am branching out, experimenting with "some" gunsmithing, and i do have a small stash of tools for such work, but even as a former mechanic/truck driver, it's never enough. hell, even "Tim the toolman Taylor", cannot pass up a tool without buying it.
in one video, a hobbyist, said to use a "knitting needle".....i found that does NOT work, and i have tools smaller that fit better in the trigger well, but still they did not work.
what i have found was that crocheting tools DO work, as well as a gardening tool, perhaps for a Bonsai tree works.
here are some pics of the crocheting tools and Bonsai tool. all tools except the Bonsai tool are cheap, the Bonsai tool was like $14.00 again, all at Walmart.
these 2 are crocheting tools, with different hook sets. the one on the left, i am leaving that little "catch" that you can see hanging down, as it did not interfere with anything in the trigger well.
the packaged set, is named "Cricket", now the back story, i actually found this in the sporting goods dept, when i went to buy my targets, and it was laying on the shelf. i got a price check on it, ($14.00) and bought it. i asked where would that be sold, the clerk said, "maybe the garden section" since it does mention "weeding" , which i think it is for small plants/Bonsai tree's.
and the Cricket tool adaptor that i needed and worked.
it was a chore, because i did not have the special Beretta tool, that the gunsmith had to pull up on the trigger spring, when he made the video.
this time, i went to walmart, and bought "tools" that are well...unusual to gunsmithing, but found that they do work.
many of you guys may already know these things, but i am branching out, experimenting with "some" gunsmithing, and i do have a small stash of tools for such work, but even as a former mechanic/truck driver, it's never enough. hell, even "Tim the toolman Taylor", cannot pass up a tool without buying it.
in one video, a hobbyist, said to use a "knitting needle".....i found that does NOT work, and i have tools smaller that fit better in the trigger well, but still they did not work.
what i have found was that crocheting tools DO work, as well as a gardening tool, perhaps for a Bonsai tree works.
here are some pics of the crocheting tools and Bonsai tool. all tools except the Bonsai tool are cheap, the Bonsai tool was like $14.00 again, all at Walmart.
these 2 are crocheting tools, with different hook sets. the one on the left, i am leaving that little "catch" that you can see hanging down, as it did not interfere with anything in the trigger well.
the packaged set, is named "Cricket", now the back story, i actually found this in the sporting goods dept, when i went to buy my targets, and it was laying on the shelf. i got a price check on it, ($14.00) and bought it. i asked where would that be sold, the clerk said, "maybe the garden section" since it does mention "weeding" , which i think it is for small plants/Bonsai tree's.
and the Cricket tool adaptor that i needed and worked.
