Help for newbie with Suomit M31 problems?

**Woodsman22** · October 14th, 2009, 11:21 PM

Hello Everyone!

This is my first post to this forum and I am hoping that someone might have some insight into my problems with the Suomi semi-auto repro that I (unfortunately) bought recently. This rifle comes with one-page instructions that tell you how to get it apart, but not how to get it back together again. I had taken it down to clean it, and normally, the reverse procedure is how you put most firearms back together again. But this one? let me put it this way; The Ruger Mark I and Mark II pistols are kindergarten simple by comparison. When the company that made this thing "re-engineered" it to meet BATF standards, they made it so a 500 lb gorilla would have trouble getting it back together again. It has 3 (really!) recoil springs, its a bear to cock the @#$@ thing and when I insert the bolt into the receiver, and do manage to get the rear cap back on, the cocking handle doesnt want to budge. Additionally, and this is my main concern, the trigger housing either won't go back in place, or if it does, the trigger "free-floats"; doesn't work the striker. When I look at the trigger unit outside of the gun, the trigger can be seen to pivot on its pin but doesn't appear to move anything (it just touches what appears to be the sear, but doesn't actually move it up or down. Any ideas anyone? Do any of you own one of these? I'd be very happy to hear your thoughts on the problems. Thanks for any input!