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oh wow, wish i had known about this site before!

I'm guessing this requires more than just a field strip, so I can get at and dry all the parts?

how did yall dry the mineral spirits up after soaking? does it just evaporate on its own?

I think I'm having a similar issue. After firing a few live rounds, I would occasionally have a situation where pulling th trigger would not cause the hammer to drop, as if the safety wasn't activated OR possibly the trigger wasn't resetting? I will check if my disconnector as well as Weasel suggest...

thanks, i'll give lubing it a shot before I try soaking the whole thing in mineral spirits. I had seen that sticky about cosmoline but had hoped the previous owner had already done that since I didnt find a whole lot of it anywhere. Ill report back what I find with the pencil.

dcsadmin, I did but only stretched it out enough to get it on. I'm hoping they loosen up a bit after putting it on. Did you boil it, then sort of pre-stretch it before putting it on? I was worried about the water being left over and causing corrosion so I would stretch it myself by pulling on it in ...

I recently installed some hogue handall jr grips on my p64 and found that it's preventing the magazine from sliding in. It's NOT from any sort of direct interference, in other words I don't visibly see any part of the grip getting trapped or blocking the magazine from sliding in. What I think it is ...

tech1, where exactly did you lube it? I've only put lube on the slide so far.

agreed, keith150. I plan on trying out different ammo next time. Which do you use?

Hi all, I'm new here, I've been sorta "lurking" in these forums for a couple weeks now. I just purchased a p64 from a previous owner. He had switched out the stock parts with a 22lb recoil spring and a 17lb hammer spring. After buying it, I took it to the range and found that it sometimes ...