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by jcox19
January 19th, 2013, 1:17 pm
Forum: Modifications, Fixes, and Repairs
Topic: Safety Spring Stuck, Removal Help?
Replies: 9
Views: 7226

Re: Safety Spring Stuck, Removal Help?

Would it be possible to post a picture of the bubba "feature" in place? I was actually going to. But I took it to a local gunsmith yesterday to have it taken care of. They had a good laugh about whatever the guy did. They're somewhat backed up but said it'll be like a 20 minute job once t...
by jcox19
January 16th, 2013, 6:13 pm
Forum: Modifications, Fixes, and Repairs
Topic: Safety Spring Stuck, Removal Help?
Replies: 9
Views: 7226

Re: Safety Spring Stuck, Removal Help?

Just a suggestion; put a few drops of Liquid Wrench penetrating oil (or similar) on the pin, put the slide in the freezer for an hour then slam it down briskly against a piece of wood laid down on a hard surface. Good luck That didn't work. This thing is really stuck in there and I'm not sure what ...
by jcox19
January 16th, 2013, 3:05 pm
Forum: Modifications, Fixes, and Repairs
Topic: Safety Spring Stuck, Removal Help?
Replies: 9
Views: 7226

Re: Safety Spring Stuck, Removal Help?

Yeah, disassembly wasn't an issue. There is literally a piece of metal (previous owners fix) and the spring stuck down inside where the safety spring and detente would go.
by jcox19
January 16th, 2013, 2:31 pm
Forum: Modifications, Fixes, and Repairs
Topic: Safety Spring Stuck, Removal Help?
Replies: 9
Views: 7226

Safety Spring Stuck, Removal Help?

Hey everybody. Just picked up a P64 last week and I'm working on getting a few things squared away. First off, I took it apart to figure out why the safety was so gritty. Turns out the previous owner had ghetto rigged some sort of safety detente so it would work. Well now I've got the correct piece ...