combat trigger guard doesnt fit

snakedoctor · Post by **snakedoctor** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:46 am

i finally got one of the new combat trigger guards and it wont fit my noveske lower. the roll pin hole in the lower and trigger guard hole dont exactly line up. has anyone else run into this problem? any suggestions?

KevinB · Post by **KevinB** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:22 pm

Will other Trigger Guards fit it?

snakedoctor · Post by **snakedoctor** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:43 pm

yes. the trigger guard that came in the DPMS LPK fits the lower perfectly.

KevinB · Post by **KevinB** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:07 pm

Very odd.

What specifically does not line up?

snakedoctor · Post by **snakedoctor** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:18 pm

the holes closest towards the trigger, not the magwell do not exactly line up causing the roll pin that holds the trigger guard in place to not go back in place.

3 · Post by 3 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:27 pm

Put the roll pin in first . Then line up the spring loaded pin.

snakedoctor · Post by **snakedoctor** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:45 pm

i tried that too but the trigger guard wont fold upwards to fully install to put the spring loaded pin in place. there is either too much material on the trigger guard, or too much on the lower. what do you guys think?

the_assman · Post by **the_assman** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:49 pm

it's hard to say without seeing it

i just picked 2 of these up and they fit my sig 556 and alexander arms lowers just fine.

new-arguy · Post by **new-arguy** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:08 am

I have seen this with one lower we've put one on as well. It was also a Noveske Lower. The lower we were working on came as a stipped lower.

Looking at the ejection port side of the gun, the lowest right hand corner of the trigger guard housing was slightly too long. I was able to get it on by filing the corresponding edges of the trigger guard a little. It didnt take much and aluminum black covered up what I filed.

Other than this single stripped Noveske lower, all the trigger guards we have installed have fit without any problems at all.

snakedoctor · Post by **snakedoctor** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:28 pm

thats exactly how i bought my noveske lower. I got it from neil at flordia gun gallery. can i buy another one thats been filed to fit a noveske?

Omega_556 · Post by **Omega_556** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:34 pm

Were these Noveske Lowers factory seconds?

Noveske made them available when things were really bad logistically several month ago, I wonder if dealers didn't pass on the fact that they were selling factory seconds?

new-arguy · Post by **new-arguy** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:21 pm

These were not sold to us as factory seconds, for the price we had to pay for them, I would be mega super pissed if they were. We had to PAY more for these than we can sell most other lowers for. I was informed that a "2" was stamped into the factory second lowers. None of the ones we have are marked with the "2."

IF you like, I'll work a trigger guard and send it to you. I'll ship it out as soon as I get your trigger guard.

cwilliams · Post by **cwilliams** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:39 pm

new-arguy wrote:These were not sold to us as factory seconds, for the price we had to pay for them, I would be mega super pissed if they were. We had to PAY more for these than we can sell most other lowers for. I was informed that a "2" was stamped into the factory second lowers. None of the ones we have are marked with the "2."

IF you like, I'll work a trigger guard and send it to you. I'll ship it out as soon as I get your trigger guard.

Neil, where are the seconds marked with the "2" serial or somewhere on the lower?

new-arguy · Post by **new-arguy** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:30 am

On the shelf inside the lower is the info I have. They were sold as Blem lowers to dealers, I did not buy any of these but I know they were selling for retail somewhere around $200.

snakedoctor · Post by **snakedoctor** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:37 am

IF you like, I'll work a trigger guard and send it to you. I'll ship it out as soon as I get your trigger guard.[/quote]

Thanks Neil, I'll send it out to you today along with a note.

1_ar_newbie · Post by **1_ar_newbie** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:12 pm

snakedoctor wrote:IF you like, I'll work a trigger guard and send it to you. I'll ship it out as soon as I get your trigger guard.

Thanks Neil, I'll send it out to you today along with a note.

I love this place!

new-arguy · Post by **new-arguy** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:14 am

I had one of the other guys do your trigger guard. He's a jeweler by trade and did a very good job. Better than the one I did.

Ryo · Post by **Ryo** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:13 pm

I've had a similar problem with a Magpul Enhanced trigger guard.. but tried installing it different ways and finally got it to fit in after some heavy pounding. The roll pin probably compressed it self a little more than normal.