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Success!! I soaked my Ruger SP101 in water for a couple of days. That didn't free up the crane latch so I hit it a few times with a plastic hammer. It unlocked, the cylinder rolled out and I removed all the rounds. It still needs more cleaning and the crane release doesn't appear to be working...

kroil I'm not familiar with kroil. Where would you seggest I try to buy it? Thank you!

Things I've Tried I've removed the grip and soaked the gun in Prep-Sol (an organic solvent used to remove oil and grease from automotive sheet metal). It didn't help much. The solvent didn't discolor and I interpreted this to mean that the gunk plugging my gun doesn't contain oil or grease...

Recently I posted about my SP101 which had been misplaced and was covered with dirt. The trigger, hammer, and cylinder were frozen up. I received several good suggestions from that post. I used Liquid Wrench and finally got the trigger and hammer to move enough that I could rotate the cylinder...

Response to your Suggestions adweisbe: I can't cock the hammer and I can't get the cylinder release to work so I can't unload it. The hammer and the trigger will each move a couple of millimeters, but that's about it. I can't budge the cylinder release. I had left the gun in the spare tire...

Two years ago I misplaced my SP-101. I thought it had been stolen but I recently found it. I was covered with crud and is loaded. The cylinder release won't work, and there was crud between the cylinder and the frame. Furthermore, the hammer and trigger were frozen up. I removed the rubber...