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 plunger spring came out. Putting them back in properly was standard and unremarkable. Everything appeared to be functioning nominally. With the cylinder latch, the trigger plunger, the pawl all moving in concert and reseting as expected.
Put the cylinder back in, got the trigger group back in... Very tight fit. Needed some taps to get it to seat fully. With the cylinder and the trigger group reinstalled the gun flat out will not cycle. Took it back apart and watched numberous videos and I can't for the life of me figure this out.
This isn't my first rodeo and I'm very comfortable with disassembly of all my rifles down to each individual spring and never had an issue I couldn't work through. This is a new gun that was functioning normally with about 15-20 dry fires before taking it apart.
If the cylinder latch doesn't seat in one of the notches when it's closed then the trigger will cycle everything but then when the cylinder latch is properly seated on a notch of the cylinder then it's a hard lock and won't move.
If I tape down the cylinder latch everything functions normally. If I pop out the cylinder and hold down the crane latch to replicate the cylinder being closed everything appears to cycle normally. The pawl moves as expected the cylinder latch moves as expected and resets. Pop the cylinder in and nothing moves.
Clearly I messed something up, the horrible part is it's likely something simple but I can't for the life of me figure it out. I've spent over 10 hours watching disassembly videos taking it back apart and putting it back together. Everything functions as normal and expected every single time with the exact same results.
Because I'm in Canada I'd have to ship it across the country to an approved Ruger gunsmith and while I am prepared to do that, I want to ensure I've exhausted all reasonable possibilities myself first.
Thanks in advance for any help
Cleaned and oiled it then reassembled. During the reassembly process the pawl and the pawl plunger spring came out. Putting them back in properly was standard and unremarkable. Everything appeared to be functioning nominally. With the cylinder latch, the trigger plunger, the pawl all moving in concert and reseting as expected.
Put the cylinder back in, got the trigger group back in... Very tight fit. Needed some taps to get it to seat fully. With the cylinder and the trigger group reinstalled the gun flat out will not cycle. Took it back apart and watched numberous videos and I can't for the life of me figure this out.
This isn't my first rodeo and I'm very comfortable with disassembly of all my rifles down to each individual spring and never had an issue I couldn't work through. This is a new gun that was functioning normally with about 15-20 dry fires before taking it apart.
If the cylinder latch doesn't seat in one of the notches when it's closed then the trigger will cycle everything but then when the cylinder latch is properly seated on a notch of the cylinder then it's a hard lock and won't move.
If I tape down the cylinder latch everything functions normally. If I pop out the cylinder and hold down the crane latch to replicate the cylinder being closed everything appears to cycle normally. The pawl moves as expected the cylinder latch moves as expected and resets. Pop the cylinder in and nothing moves.
Clearly I messed something up, the horrible part is it's likely something simple but I can't for the life of me figure it out. I've spent over 10 hours watching disassembly videos taking it back apart and putting it back together. Everything functions as normal and expected every single time with the exact same results.
Because I'm in Canada I'd have to ship it across the country to an approved Ruger gunsmith and while I am prepared to do that, I want to ensure I've exhausted all reasonable possibilities myself first.
Thanks in advance for any help