Hammerli 160 Sear Adjustment?

Gwhite · Post by **Gwhite** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:24 am

One of the students I'm helping coach has a 160 that fired while he was setting the trigger. I'm going to check the trigger weight, but I'm assuming the sear adjustment may also need tweaking. I will be going in to the range tomorrow to see if I can fix it, and I don't have the pistol where I can study it at the moment.

I've examined the diagram & instructions on-line, but the drawings aren't very clear.

http://www.pilkguns.com/tenp/sph160.htm

Screw #49 (which controls sear engagement) appears to be above screw #43 (which adjusts trigger weight). There is an access hole for screw #43 up through the trigger guard. I can't see from the drawing how you get at screw #49. Hopefully it will be obvious once I get the pistol in front of me, but I'd like to approach the problem with as much advance info as possible.

Thanks!

Freepistol · Post by **Freepistol** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:34 am

Both adjustments are accessed through the same hole in the trigger guard. The smaller allen head wrench goes through the larger screw.

Freepistol · Post by **Freepistol** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:47 am

{In case your student doesn't have a manual.}
If you can't read it from this picture, I will email it to you in a larger size.

Gwhite · Post by **Gwhite** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:28 am

Thanks for the info! I was wondering if the screws might be concentric, and you have confirmed that suspicion.

I have copies of the manual. Walther has posted many of the old Hammerli manuals online, although some of them are rather poor scans:

http://carl-walther.com/index.php?compa ... roduct=799

The manual for the 160/162 also only has an exploded diagram of the 162 . I know the 160 shares a lot in common with the FP60, and the pictures in the FP60 manual are much clearer. Unfortunately, the trigger adjustment is a bit different.

I think I have what I need for now.