lcp slide won't go back on

In re-assembly my slide goes back about 90% of the way than stops dead. It's new to me so I could use some advice. I've only put 30 rounds through it and the first time I cleaned it before taking it out I had no problems. Any ideas?

Call Ruger Customer Service. They are great people and would probably work you thru assembly while you're on the phone with them.

Make sure your recoil spring is centered on the barrel block.

Nano65 said:

Make sure your return spring is centered on the barrel block.

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Ditto this. It WILL go back together.

That did it, thanks guys! It doesn't take much but I was off by just enough. This board is pretty darn good.

Congratulations, ask me how I knew to do that. :lol:

OK. How did you know to do that?

louchia said:

OK. How did you know to do that?

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Hahaha, same situation as wideglide. Kept fiddling with it until until I saw that the return spring was not centered.

OK, solved that. Now please solve why I always struggle mightily to get that slide pin in such a little hole. Man, what a PITA.
It's embarrassing passing the little LCP over to the wife, to get that pin started in reassembly.

joemsj51 said:

OK, solved that. Now please solve why I always struggle mightily to get that slide pin in such a little hole. Man, what a PITA.
It's embarrassing passing the little LCP over to the wife, to get that pin started in reassembly.

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Of course, before I start, I make sure the gun is unloaded. Holding the gun in my left hand, with my second finger on the pointed back end of the gun and my thumb on the front of the slide, I push the slide back about 1/8". At the same time with the pin in my right hand and down about 30 degrees from the hole, I rotate the pin up as I push it into the hole. Hope this helps.

I'm left-handed. That's probably why I struggle with that little pin...... thanks!

Lots of nice people on this site with very helpful advice on some of those little difficulties.
I would also suggest on searching YouTube. Seeing a video is sometimes very helpful.