Cylinder was not disassembled at all.
I'm gonna take hittman's advice and let them simmer a couple days and try again on the weekend. Monday come hell or high water, the gun will either be fixed or in the mail headed for a 6 month sabbatical in Quebec
The only reasonable explanation is that the pawl and/or cylinder latch got a very small bend in them when I was tapping the trigger group back into place. The trigger group was (and still is) far to tight to reseat without some amount of tapping.
I'm talking about tapping with a rubber mallet...
I don't think this is the problem although it's possible . The taps to get it back in place were not aggressive at all. The transfer bar doesn't appear bent or kinked in any way and the transfer bar is "loose" and not impacting anything. I've resigned myself to sending in for warranty work...
Appreciate the response @Thel. I don't think that could possibly be the problem unless it came from the factory like that and the problem didn't exist with the 15-20 dry fires that I did before disassembly. The cylinder latch has not been removed and likewise the associated plunger and spring...
Brand new GP100 22lr. Took it apart just enough to clean it before taking it to the range for the first time. Broke it down to frame, cylinder, hammer, trigger group level but did not go further.
Cleaned and oiled it then reassembled. During the reassembly process the pawl and the pawl...