How Do I Fix the Hair Trigger on my Hungarian M44?

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How Do I Fix the Hair Trigger on my Hungarian M44?

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Hi all:

I picked up a beautiful condition, slightly Bubba'd (some idiot sunk sling studs into the stock and painted the sling ferrules black?!?!?) Hungarian M44 at a recent gun show. I removed the sling studs, filled the holes with plastic wood and colored to get close to the blonde stock color. Have not shot it yet and upon further examination for cleaning and adjusting the firing pin protrusion, I discovered that this M44 has a hair trigger.

I did the phone book test (cocking empty gun and slamming butt of gun down on phone book), yep, the trigger was triggered by doing this. I took the trigger apart and it appears that someone either stoned the trigger sear off at a "Finnish" angle or installed a "Finn Angled Sear?" and perhaps did too much polishing on the contact point? See picture. So is fixing this as easy as ordering a new sear from Numrich? The rest of the trigger seems untouched, rifle is in great shape. I just don't want a hair trigger gun.

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Thanks for any advice.
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Just replace it.
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Re: How Do I Fix the Hair Trigger on my Hungarian M44?

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Based upon how this looks? Does it look like that little chunk missing on the end could be a factor? Is the sear typically what is responsible for a hair trigger?
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Welcome to the forum, replace the trigger and bolt stop ( sear) don't take any chances with either of these parts, a negligent discharge can be very expensive.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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The rear of the top portion has been rounded off, it should have more of a crisp edge to it. Simple to fix, just replace it.
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Will do guys. Thanks for the advice. Having a gun with a hair trigger definitely makes me nervous.
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At some point you might come across some 02 marked Hungarian parts, there were enough Hungarian M44's imported that parts are not impossible to find, but for now Soviet ones will do it.
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Just ordered the trigger set from Liberty Tree up above. Will post back on how it works.
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:thumbsup:
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