My spring was in but it was really a strong one, maybe a little streched out. I compressed it together a little to see if it would help but no luck. What I did find was my hammer was contacting the sear at a little bit of an angle. I filed just a touch off of it where it contacts the sear to square it up and it took care of the problem. I guess my fcg holes are not quite paralell to each other.. I still am not going to run it until I make sure this thing is correct. This is my fifth build and the first time I have encountered this problem. ak'sr4me