I have a 1908 Colt .25 cal vest pocket that I inadvertently assembled with the guide rod reversed. I can not now disassemble the pistol . Any ideas please? The barrel is loose but the slide will not go all the way back.
Sorry to hear about your problem. Hopefully someone here will be able to help. There are more than one smith on this forum and they're all eager to help when they can. I have a Walther P22 that I messed up on its maiden voyage. I was playing with the internal keyed safety. While not remembering I'd left it locked I managed to draw the slide back and completely bound things up. After futzing with it for a couple of hours I took it to my local smith. The next day it was good as new. Needless to say the pistol stays unlocked and I have that silly key stashed, never to be used again. Good luck
The barrel is not into the grooves but you can engage them. The guide rod does not fit nicely in the hole under the barrel (loose) which makes me think that I put it in backwards.
It's definitely in backwards, have you looked under the back side of the slide to see if the ridge on the bottom of the firing pin is hung up on anything in the frame? If it is, use a pick or something similar to dislodge it if possible. If the barrel is not in it's grooves, the slide should come right off.
I could not get it apart in any way so ended up taking it to a local "smith". He disassembled it confirming that the guide rod was reversed. My bad.
All ok now. Thanks for the response.
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