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hurley0816

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i was curious what a disconnector does? i went to clean my remington 742 this morning and i took it apart like any other time and the disconnector sheared off.never knew what it did and am now curious.
 
It disconnects the trigger from the sear so it (the sear) can reset into the hammer notch. Without the disconnect function it would allow the hammer to fall as the action is closed and fire. Many early shotguns did not disconnect and would fire as fast as the pump was cycled if the trigger was held to the rear. (1897 Win. and Ithaca 37)
 
A Remington 742 is a semi-automatic sportng rifle, but with the disconnector disabled, not only does it become dangerous to use, it becomes a machine gun under Federal Law.

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Possible legal issues. If a cop (or somebody who hates assault weapons) is standing around the range and thinks you have performed a conversion it could get real ugly quick. It has happened.
 
Depending upon what exactly you did it could result in uncontrolled fully automatic fire. Better to take it to someone competent to fix it than to mess with it. It is not worth the legal trouble you could find yourself in.
 
I could be wrong.... But as long as you are repairing the gun with the factory correct type part to retain the semi-auto functionality, instead of modifying it, you should be fine
 
You can put it on yourself so long as it is not modified, but the issue is it needs to be done correctly. I am not trying to bust your balls; but since you admitted that until yesterday you did know what it did it might be a good idea to seek professional help. As others have pointed out there are in people in prison for malfunctioning weapons.
 
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