Old age creeping in

[John Farrell, Charter Member #33]

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