Old age creeping in

[John Farrell]

Its been a long time since I took one of my guns apart. The gun opening did not go smoothly. Seemed like there was a binding situation. I disassembled the gun last week and now I can't for the life of me get it back together.

While I had the gun apart, for a reason that escapes me right now, I put the barrels on the receiver and now cannot remove them. I have the receiver off the stock, both hammers are uncocked, the trigger plate removed and the cocking slide and the trip, spring and pin out. The cocking slide does not sit flat when I reinstall it, if that is a contributing factor here. The barrels will, at the operation of the top lever, open to where shells could be dropped into the chamber. But, the barrels will not remove from the receiver. Ideas?? A pm with a solution would be appreciated. JF

[Harry Collins]

Did you put the cocking slide in upside down? With the gun unloaded try taking off the safety and pulling the triggers. If the hammers fall see if you can take the barrels off without recocking the hammers.

Harry

[John Farrell]

Harry - both barrels are uncocked. When I had the safety slide in place it was correctly installed with the hooks to the interior of the receiver and the milled out channel for the device on the trigger plate facing outward. Thanks for responding. John Farrell

[Harry Collins]

Try cocking then take the barrels off. Is the cocking slide hole engaged with the cocking lever?

Harry

[John Farrell]

Harry - I installed the cocking slide and the trip, spring and pin and the barrels came right off. Now, I have to disassemble again because the safety slide does not move without nudging it with a plastic head mallet. Going to remove the auto safety slide in the stock and have a manual safety, only. John

[Harry Collins]

One of the frustrating task of getting the stock back on the receiver is making sure the safety spring is engaged with the lever in the stock that blocks the triggers. It is easy if the receiver is in a padded vice and the stock is supported (I use a short piece of 2X4). If those two pieces are not engaged properly the safety will be hard to operate.

Harry

[Harry Collins]

To remove the pin you must unscrew the bushings that the top tang screw goes through. If you remove the lever that engages the safety spring there will be no safety.

Harry

[John Farrell]

Harry - are you saying that the bushing unscrews with a screw driver or is some other tool necessary? Does that bushing hold pressure on the pin to prevent its falling out of the stock when the stock is removed and the gun is disassembled? I note that the pin will move towards the butt if pushed with a drift pin on its face and then back out when the safety box is pushed forward. John

[Donald Gonzales]

John, Try using a screw driver to move the "hook" on the barrels forward ( it will only move a small distance), and the barrels should drop away.
Don Gonzales----- not a gunsmith-- a gutsy gun lover.

[Harry Collins]

John,

The pin that operates the safety has a section cut away. The bushing holds the pin in by being positioned in the cut out section of the pin. Remove the bushing and the pin will fall out. Yes, the bushing has threads at the top on the outside. Unscrew it from the top. You will see the screwdriver slots.

Harry