stingerjg Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 the last time i worked on my Para, detail strip and clean. I took everyting apart and had the pistol dissasembled for a couple of days. It went together without a hitch, then it developed a problem. the sear pin kept backing out and blocking the ambi safety(right side). i couldnt for the life of me figure out what was going on. Finally i went and bought a single sided safety and was done with it. Tonight i had a fellow shooter over to show me his new holster and i got to looking at his gun. Man my pins dont go in that way. stupid me, when i put it back together i put the pins in the wrong side. duh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonub Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 good thing the hammer was facing the right way. On john browning's design all pins should come out from the right to left. I think Slide stop hammer sear and magwell pin/main spring pin go out from right to left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 You're lucky you had all of the pins afterward! Not only have I put things together incorrectly many times, I tend to lose parts frequently, especially when they are under spring tension or compression. When something zings out of sight and I can't find, I know that it has joined all of the socks that get lost in the dryer . . . they've gone to live with Jesus. In my early tinkering days, my problem was getting the sear spring caught underneath something, so the hammer wouldn't stay cocked. With pins, it was mostly a loss issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecutts Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Man my pins dont go in that way. stupid me, when i put it back together i put the pins in the wrong side. duh I did that this year the night befor a local tournment (the Silver Buckle). I noticed it on the first stage..."hey this isn't right." I unloaded and checked to make sure the saftey was going up enough to work, and proceded to shoot the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dunn Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Last time (first time, too) I detail stripped my STI I had to call Sam to talk me through reassembly. Good to have friends who don't laugh too loud at that sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 stingerjg, are we talking about your PARA LDA? i wouldn't strip all the way down to save my life. see: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...878&hl=para+lda lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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