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Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I got it removed, but it was a bear. Compressing the spring and yanking back and forth seemed to finally allow it to slip past the block on the barrel. Getting it back in was another story. This will probably seem obvious to everyone else, but in case it helps the next guy... the problem was that I was sliding the guide rod and spring all the way in BEFORE trying to lift up on the guide rod/spring, basically binding the spring and rod against the front bushing and binding the back of the guide rod on the barrel block. I finally tried lifting the front end up WHILE sliding it in, before it could bind, and it slipped right in. Duh.... After fighting with this thing for 2 days, I’m going to go shoot several hundred rounds through it before I try stripping it again, but hopefully that technique will work again, and maybe this will help somebody else down the road. It is a beautiful pistol by the way, but our relationship did not start on the right foot. thanks agsin for for the help.

Been a lurker here for a while and decided to take the plunge on a 10mm stock 3. Giving it an initial cleaning to get the grease off, and having serious issues with he guide rod removal/ assembly. I managed to remove the guide rod the first time when it got to this state, but now trying to get it reinstalled, I’m stuck at this point and can’t clear the lip of the guide rod end to either get it removed or installed. Any suggestiions? I’m afraid to brute fore it for fear of damaging something.

New to the forum. Was excited to learn more about technique, and I'm sure there is a wealth of knowledge buried in the forums, but many of the FAQ topics are broken. For example: If you follow one, like say, "How Should I Grip My Gun?", you end up on another page. From here, all of the links take you to forum home page. Maybe it's the same problem as reported in another thread here regarding the Open Pistol FAQ? many thanks if you can fix it or tell me how to work around. I'd love to read through all of that material.