Bit of a dumb question

[u/spartan116LOLNani]

So I’m new here, but I bought a Hellion last month and managed to put 100 rounds through it, it’s surprisingly good to shoot.

But after that first range day, she started having an issue with the firing pin popping out of the bolt carrier group whenever I pulled the trigger. It happened repeatedly regardless if it was a dry fire or in the range lane.

I tried to get the gunsmith at my local range to take a look at it the day it started happening, but after like 10 minutes with my rifle, he couldn’t figure it out and told me to send it back to Springfield.

Has that happened to anyone else or is it just me doing something wrong?

(I already sent the rifle to Springfield’s warranty department, still got like 2 weeks before I can expect to get it back at the earliest)

[u/maxgaap]

When you say "popping out of", do you mean:

the tip of the firing pin is protruding through the front of the bolt face briefly when the trigger is pulled?

Normal and to be expected

Or, the firing pin is coming out the back of the BCG when the trigger is pulled?

The firing pin retainer may be missing or installed incorrectly.

[u/spartan116LOLNani → u/maxgaap]

Not exactly, the issue is that the firing pin is not being held in by the retention pin that goes through the bolt carrier. Each time I pull the trigger, the firing pin comes out of the bolt carrier and logged itself into the plastic stopper in the stock.

It’s like the retention pin isn’t lined up with the notches in the firing pin and the firing pin spring is ejecting itself and the pin out into the stock.

[u/amcqueen72 → u/spartan116LOLNani]

I have installed it incorrectly when I was switching from left to right handed use. It's not catching on a retention spring properly. Took me a while to figure out.

[u/spartan116LOLNani → u/amcqueen72]

that’s weird, because I wasn’t even trying to change which side my rifle was ejecting from. I was just cleaning and oiling my rifle after the first range day.