Most complicated firearm you've disassemled

[mbopp]

I've completely stripped my Ruger MKI and 1911.
But my wife's Browning BL-22? Never again!

 

[Steel Horse Rider]

The M-1 Garand for me.

 

[wally]

+1 on the Ruger MKII...holy crap...

Yup,

Chinese puzzles are about the same degree of needing to know the trick!

The MKIII's are worse adding the need for an empty magazine or pushing the mag safety at the right time

 

[Coltdriver]

First one I ever detail stripped was a Norinco 1911. Relative piece of cake to take it apart and really nothing to put it together. I got it for that reason.

Second one was a Browning High Power. Detail stripped that and found it easy and simple to get back together. Followed Mr Camp's instruction on that one.

Feeling invincible I picked up a beater Browning Baby. Detail stripped that and cleaned it up, reblued the slide, replaced a couple of parts and could not get it back together for hours and hours. Several attempts. Over several non consecutive evenings. Finally figured it out. It runs flawless. Its the last pistol I ever detail stripped and I would never do it again with a Browning Baby.

Having got that out of my system I now just field strip.

 

[Muskyman]

Winchester model 88 complete disassembly. It's not really complicated (thanks to youtube), but it's the only gun I own that required making three slave pins to reassemble.

 

[rodinal220]

Colt Paterson

 

[jerkface11]

Nylon 66

 

[wojownik]

Swedish Lahti pistol. Complete disassembly/reassembly was a nightmare.

Got so frustrated, I traded away the pistol some years ago. Regret that now...

 

[bannockburn]

Benelli B-76 9mm. semi-auto pistol.

 

[History.Doc]

Ruger Mark iii.

 

[zxcvbob]

Ruger Mk II (the MkIII's are supposed to be ever worse!) I have to get the instruction manual out every time I take it apart and try to reassemble it -- the manual even tells how to put it together wrong for safe storage.

Maybe if I took it apart more than once every 2 years I could remember how to do it.

 

[Biloxi Bay]

As you can see I don't post much but read a lot on this forum but couldn't pass up a reply on this thread. The Ruger Mark II was not only a PIA to reassemble but it is the only gun I have ever sold because there is no way a gun deserves that much time every time I shot it and had to clean it. :banghead:

 

[CmdrSlander]

My attempt to detail strip an M1911 has failed and I'm about to pay a gunsmith to put it back together...

I suck.

 

[GCBurner]

The Broomhandle Mauser 96 pistol is definitely a Chinese puzzle to take apart and put back together again.

 

[WardenWolf]

My father's Ruger Mark I. I've had it completely disassembled more than once, in part because I actually had to refurbish it. I can honestly say I know way more about that gun than I care for. The mainspring no longer poses a challenge for me, to give you some idea of how much I've worked on it.

I own a Mark III, but I've never needed to disassemble it yet. And, assuming the springs are tempered properly so I won't have to replace them (unlike the Mark I), I probably never will have to.

 

[nathan]

CZ 82 , i ve sold it once i got the tiny spring installed. I would never have to deal with it from then on.

And oh, the Walther G 22 bullpup had a tiny spring that can get loss in a hurry. But once you mastered to keep them where they need to be , its a breeze.

 

[natman]

Mossberg 500. Regular mousetrap trap factory inside.

I'll grant you the trigger group is not for the faint of heart. Be sure to take pictures before and during or you'll never get the springs all in the right place again.

The rest of a 500 is pretty straightforward.

 

[natman]

My nominees:

Rossi 1892 clone. Just complicated to line everything up to insert the critical pin. I had to do it a lot in my quest to get the thing to operate smoothly and it doesn't get much easier with practice.

Springfield Armory M6 22/410 - Don't try to take the trigger apart. Trust me.

Browning A5/Remington 11. This was the first gun I ever detail stripped. They were a lot easier after that.

 

[Cryogaijin]

Several .22 semiautos, both rifles and handguns.

 

[fiddleharp]

Another vote for the Ruger Mark III.
Also, I won't even attempt to mess with my Browning BLR!

 

[Chevelle SS]

Not sure about disassembly, but for assembly a Palmetto single shot shotgun.

 

[hey_poolboy]

Now, I haven't detail stripped all of the guns listed but my nemesis is my ruger sr22. Won't be stripping it down any more.
What is it about rimfire semi-autos?
On the other hand, I find some of the guns listed in past responses just plain simple. I suppose it's just a matter of what you've used/shot the most.

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[rskent]

+1 on the Ruger MKII...holy crap...

The Ruger has to be the number one worst. The gun shop owner where I bought my MkII told me not to take it apart to clean it. It the time I thought he was
just being a jerk. Not so, he was trying to give me good advise. Which I of course I didn't take. After a while its not to bad, but the first time, wow.

 

[Trung Si]

[QUOTEAnother for the old Ruger Mark II ][/QUOTE]

and another!:banghead:

 

[gym]

Back in the 70's someone brought over a ww2 colt 32 pistol "If I remember correctly, it was a real pain in the butt to take apart, I remember a few of us spending an hour or so on trying to field strip it, I think we finally figured it out.