woodsy said:
arfmel said:
hittman said:
As unpopular as this may be ...... why on earth would you take it apart?
Just put it back together, clean it and shoot it.
Pretty good advice.
Same sentiment here. Plus, removing the trigger group requires a fair amount of care to prevent its components from popping out into no-springs-land.
No, that's not really correct. Removing the trigger group is not a big deal and I have yet to have any of those springs launch anywhere. I have taken GP100's and the Six series guns apart hundreds of times and have never lost any of the springs and/or pins.
Why would you take it apart? To troubleshoot a malfunction, do a modification, to do a deep clean or lubrication, or to just learn how your gun functions. When I buy a used GP or Six series revolver or have a customer bring one in to the shop to have work done on it, I remove each and every piece (yes even the front sight and the ejector rod pin and spring on the Six series) before all pieces go into the ultrasonic cleaner for a thorough cleaning.
Example, I bought (in 2015) a NIB Security Six that was made in 1976. It was rarely taken out of the box and was never fired. You could barely pull the hammer back and the trigger was stiff to almost no movement due to the owner never cleaning all the grease and oil that was put on by the factory. It needed to be taken completely apart to clean out all that aged gunk.
Another time a customer brought in a GP100 that he wanted action work done and lighter springs installed. Well the trigger return spring in a GP also acts as the trigger guard lock plunger spring so of course the trigger group had to be removed. He had never had his apart and wanted to learn how to do it without screwing it up - I showed him what to do and what not to do.
There's a lot of reasons a person might need/want to take a gun they own apart. Should you take it apart without familiarizing yourself with how it is disassembled/reassembled? Nope, there are little things that you need to know/remember when you put it back together. Like moving the transfer bar back so it doesn't get caught on the frame when you put the trigger group back in or insuring the pawl is in the right place in the frame before you try to force trigger group closed.
I have learned over the years to try not to make blanket statements about things because things are not always as they seem.