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I had to tear down my marlin 336 to replace the loading gate, it was a pain but it is together. The 22/45 gave me fits till I purchased a rubber hammer now 5 mins to reassemble. Ok now im working on a H&R topper got it in pieces to refinish looks like it's gonna be a nightmare. You guys have any experience with this darn thing? Any decent instructions out there?
 
Ok now im working on a H&R topper got it in pieces to refinish looks like it's gonna be a nightmare. You guys have any experience with this darn thing? Any decent instructions out there?

The NRA Firearms Assembly book is at least a start. In my edition the NEF Pardner is shown--same breed of animal. The really important tip the book gives is to first assemble the parts on the pins outside the receiver, pins sticking out of the holes, so you get a clear mental picture of how things go together inside the receiver.

The mechanism is no doubt second nature to the H&R factory guys. They work with it all day and can probably assemble one in seconds without looking. That's not much help to the rest of us...
 
I'll guess my 22/45. I'm guessing because I've never had it apart. I just brush the bore, douse it down with Hoppes, scrub what I can reach with a plastic brush, blow it out with compressed air & plastic safe no rez electronics cleaner, then oil it up.
 
Armscor M-AK47/22

That thing is a pain. There is no other way to put it until you get the trick. Even then, It's still a pain
 
I have a small trebuchet, strictly for home defense. Boy does THAT sucker take some care to disassemble.


Second (or fifth) the Ruger line of .22 pistols. I don't take them down anymore. Just a bore brush and cleaning of the chamber.
 
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All the Luger iterations. It should not be possible to assemble a semi auto as a single shot pistol.:scrutiny:

followed closely by the Ruger .22 mark whatever. that is a sorry excuse for a field strip. Just hose it down with gunscrubber and rinse with breakfree.:fire:
 
Well there are a couple that one might call "intricate" out of my collection.

A Colt 1877 D.A. 41 "Thunderer".
This is an original 1902 Mfg. and was one of the first double action revolvers. All parts were hand fitted and its more fragile than eggs. Already broke something in that goofy gun and my local gunsmith is on the hunt for parts.

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An odd one that isn't very simple. I normally don't take off anything when I clean it.

Some of the older Winchesters have some pretty intricate mechanics under those dust covers/recievers.
 
Well strong Google-fu is your best friend if you want to disassemble a firearm. A great hint is to take digital pictures as each piece is removed then reverse the order. Even my tired brain can handle that. Ever try to really clean a Jimenez JA nine?? Take the grip screws off and when the grip is removed a bunch of small pieces start to fall out on their own. :banghead: Way too complicated for a cheap piece of iron and aluminum. I think that my levers and Ruger semi autos are a breeze compared to that JA Nine. :cuss:
 
Of my guns, my Savage 64 is a PITA to break down. Not overly complex, just time consuming. My Hi Point 995, I've never done a full break down on, so that may be more complex than the Savage, it certainly appears to be.

Easiest is a toss up between the Mosin Nagant, the Arisaka, but I think the Stevens 20 gauge is by far the easiest to break down.
 
Easiest is a toss up between the Mosin Nagant, the Arisaka, but I think the Stevens 20 gauge is by far the easiest to break down.

SKS / AK's are the easiest for me; a blind monkey could do it. OK, he might need to take off the blindfold to find that little rear trunion spring now located in the next county after the first SKS takedown, assuming it didn't cause permanent blindness on its assent, but after that it's a peace of cake.
 
I would say there are two that come to mind right away. Both are rimfire...go figure.

The Ruger .22 regardless of model aren't all that fun.

I just had to reassemble my friends Walther SP22. I still have the blood blister to show how fun it is to reassemble.

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Taurus PT840, my first ventures into handgun. Getting the slide off is so easy a caveman can do it. From there, you better have goggles on. I ended up losing the runaway firing pin spring and the little pin that held the firing pin retainer in somewhere in the carpet. I spent about an hour with my face to the ground like I had lost a contact lens or something. I've since learned, though. Much easier with practice.

My H&R Pardner Pump is a royal pain, too. It takes an extra set of hands(Or Monkey Feet in my case) To get the pump and the bolt in all at once without having the spotlessly clean bolt falling into god knows what the cats drug in on the floor. I haven't even tried to disassemble the trigger group. Too many little parts, too many ways for me to mess up. I just brush the group with Hoppes and hose it all clean with Remoil.
 
I've found the 22/45 to be quite simple. I don't mine sitting down and taking it down to every little and last part. Sort of enjoy it actually.

My BLR though, I would never even attempt to take it apart.
 
Mine are easy to put together. The shotgun has one screw and you take the bolt out. The rifle 2 screws and same things and not to hard.
 
All the Luger iterations. It should not be possible to assemble a semi auto as a single shot pistol.
Heck, you install the slide stop incorrectly in a Glock and you've got yourself a single-shot!

What's all this stuff about Lugers, anyway? First time I cleaned one, took it down and put it together without a manual, no problem. Actually, did the same with the Vis I mentioned...it just took a lot more head-scratching and barely averted profanity.

I guess we should distinguish between basic disassembly/reassembly (I hear Ruger Mark I/II/IIIs are awful), and down to pins and springs disassembly (which is a bear for lots of guns, and simple for a few).

No, I would not like to take down a P7 to pins and springs. But I'm pretty sure I can re-assemble a Glock from the ground up with my eyes closed.
 
A Makarov got me the first time when I hunted for a take-down switch/lever/button not knowing the entire trigger-guard was it. An MP5 or similar cam-bolt style guns still mess with me.
 
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