Ever take apart a gun and find yourself with an extra part...

[revsaxon]

When you put it back together?

Did that again tonight while disassembling the trigger pack on an uzi to replace a broken spring. Since I was doing a detail strip/clean at the time I managed to get it all the way back together before noticing that little extra piece of metal. Looked at it and instantly knew where it went, and had to do the forehead slap of shame... while take it apart again

For the record it prolly would have worked without it...... Was just the sear disconnect after all.

 

[Westside]

sure it would have and no I have never done that.

 

[85t5mcss]

Nope. Never done it. But Glocks don't have many parts.

 

[BDBHoover]

Nope. Never done it. But Glocks don't have many parts.

This ^^^^^^^^^^

 

[alloyguitar]

I have, but it was for the magazine safety on a hipoint. It would have functioned without it, but I replaced it, anyway.

 

[Sylvain]

I either have one (or more) extra parts that wont go anywhere, or I have a few missing parts that I cant find anywhere in the room (usually flying springs that take five days to find and that always land in the last place you search).

It's also possible that once you put the gun back together, you find a little spring on the table, you take the whole gun appart again to see where it goes and look for hours where it could go, you look at the manual and do online searches ... before you wife asks you if you found the missing spring of her pen that she left on your desk the other day.

 

[MrSmitty]

Only the guns I sell on Armslist..........LOL

 

[hammer24]

Never had an extra part, but I've spent hours on my hands and knees with a magnet and flashlight looking for a spring that flew across the room. I've used springs from pens before with some success!

 

[HandK]

It is a rarely known fact that when a spring pops outta your hand when reassembling a gun it flies off into another universe!! no matter how hard you look they are just gone!!

 

[85t5mcss]

(usually flying springs that take five days to find and that always land in the last place you search).

Glad to hear you stop looking once you found it. Starting to think I may be the only one.
Can't say I ever stripped a complicated gun. Maybe I should pick one up and try. Like I mentioned-Glocks are easy, but so are 1911s and SKSs which are largest part of what I own and know about.

 

[Sylvain]

Glad to hear you stop looking once you found it. Starting to think I may be the only one.
Can't say I ever stripped a complicated gun. Maybe I should pick one up and try. Like I mentioned-Glocks are easy, but so are 1911s and SKSs which are largest part of what I own and know about.

Sometimes I keep looking even after I found it, you can always find other parts that you dont even know you lost yet.

 

[pitbull88]

Never taken apart a gun, but I've taken apart many other things and always seem to end up with a few extra parts.

 

[Vince49]

Don't pet the sweaty stuff!

When you put it back together?

Did that again tonight while disassembling the trigger pack on an uzi to replace a broken spring. Since I was doing a detail strip/clean at the time I managed to get it all the way back together before noticing that little extra piece of metal. Looked at it and instantly knew where it went, and had to do the forehead slap of shame... while take it apart again

For the record it prolly would have worked without it......

Nope. Never with a firearm. ...... A few airplanes and a lot of cars though.

PS: There was also this tractor...........

 

[Magnum]

Yeah I work on cars a lot and when you take a dash out or replace an engine, a lot of times you end up with an extra bolt/screw that was just redundant anyway and it all still works. I'm not sure there are many parts like that in, say, an AR-15 :P

 

[jason765]

I have, but it was for the magazine safety on a hipoint. It would have functioned without it, but I replaced it, anyway.

^^^^^^^^^ This exactly "where the h3!! did this come from??" figured it out pretty quick though

 

[DaveO]

I recovered one of hose recoil springs that goes to another demension about six months later. Also manage to recover a 1911 part out of my rock garden where it had launched too. Used a long magnetic bar that looked like a squigee.

 

[DaveO]

Also, don't ever take apart a Remington Viper

 

[matt4shadow]

High standard Model A. Took a long time to figure that out. It was the takedown plunger. Don't make many parts for that gun anymore. I had to dremel a new extractor from a new model. I will never take it apart again!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

No, but I did reverse the cocking of a Swedish Mauser once. (Don't ask).