Henry won't fire?

[natetheace]

I purchased a henry 17 hmr last spring. I wanted a 17 hmr and a lever action so i killed two birds with one stone. I put a scope on it and have about 250 rounds through it. It was hard to manipulate the hammer with the scope on the rifle so this winter i put an uncle mike's hammer extension on it. We have had some nice weather so i look it out for some paper work and now it has a problem. Sometimes it won't fire. It might fire 5 rounds in a row and then one will FTF and it might take 5 trys to get it to fire. I shot 50 rounds with around 10 FTF rounds. Could the hammer extension be causing this? nothing else has changed since this fall. Could decocking the hammer have caused this problem?

 

[indykid]

It worked before adding the extension, and not after. I would suggest removing the extension and seeing what happens.

Did you have to disassemble anything to install the hammer extension? If so, did it all go back together right?

 

[natetheace]

The extension just bolts onto the hammer. I'll try taking it off. Not soon though since my wife just had twins this morning. My arms will be full for a while.

 

[indykid]

CONGRATS DADDY!!!!