Early Hammerli 208 / 215 trigger adjustment

Shooting Kiwi · Post by **Shooting Kiwi** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:02 am

I have an early 208 with the limited-adjustment trigger. The manual warns against ever adjusting screw 261. Why? What does it do? Isn't this tempting? I suspect it's a sear engagement adjustment, but can anyone tell me for sure?

Spencer (bonzer bloke!) has the 215 manual on his site http://www.australiancynic.com This has the same instruction, for the early version of the trigger.

joker · Post by **joker** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:21 am

Screw 261 is the 'self destruct' trip adjuster. If you move it the gun will explode if the trigger is moved more than the diameter of a hydrogen atom.

;0)))

scerir · Post by **scerir** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:16 am

[quote="Shooting Kiwi"] I suspect it's a sear engagement adjustment, but can anyone tell me for sure? quote]

I do not think it is the sear engagement screw. Could be a screw allowing the 'gap' (the 208 is not a single shot pistol!).

Shooting Kiwi · Post by **Shooting Kiwi** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:26 am

Come on someone! Ed Hall? Doesn't anybody know?

Temptation is getting too much. If I fiddle with the screw and thereby meet my end, you'll all be sorry... won't you?

Over the Ditch · Post by **Over the Ditch** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:15 pm

Come on Kiwi! Where is the adventurous spirit that got Hillary to the top of Everest, ate the first kina and can drink Tui beer? Go play with the screw and tell us!

Shooting Kiwi · Post by **Shooting Kiwi** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 4:23 pm

Well, I wouldn't expect any sense from over the ditch! Actually, it's an overdose of laziness, rather than a lack of adventurous spirit that's to blame. Too many guns in bits, awaiting repair or modification...

Spencer · Post by **Spencer** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 6:37 pm

Shooting Kiwi wrote:...Too many guns in bits, awaiting repair or modification...

You mean that I am not the only one suffering from this syndrome?

Shooting Kiwi · Post by **Shooting Kiwi** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:46 am

I think there's a lot of us...

Maybe it's something to do with an irresistible urge to 'rescue' obsolete stuff (cheap!) for which spares aren't available. So it's off to the workshop to make the parts.

C'mon, Spencer, surely YOU know the answer to my question!

Spencer · Post by **Spencer** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:04 am

Shooting Kiwi wrote:...C'mon, Spencer, surely YOU know the answer to my question!

the only thing I have ever adjusted on my H208 has been the trigger weight when I first got it, and last year at Arafura Games (with a case or two of ammunition in between) and the overtravel when I first got it. If it ain't broke, etc.

The need to adjust at Arafura Games came as a surprise. The trigger weight had stayed 'set' after the initial adjust despite routine cleaning in the ultrasonic bath, yet changed after the air transport from Sydney to Darwin (and this pistol has had lots of transporting...)
Looks bad when a Judge's pistol does not breeze through Equipment Control

An inveterate tinkerer on this board has recently added a 208 to his collection, so we should soon get the answer

David Levene · Post by **David Levene** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:49 am

Spencer wrote:Looks bad when a Judge's pistol does not breeze through Equipment Control

"But it passed last week" ;-)

Spencer · Post by **Spencer** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:07 pm

David Levene wrote:
Spencer wrote:Looks bad when a Judge's pistol does not breeze through Equipment Control
"But it passed last week" ;-)

NEVER been guilty of using that statement - but I have heard it often enough.

One of our regular EC personnel had some stickers made up to save shooters from voicing the statement.

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Early Hammerli 208 / 215 trigger adjustment

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