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John Sabato · 03-28-2002, 11:46 PM

Drive out the retaining pin and Clamp the sear solidly but without crushing force in a vice grip tool near the rear end (not hard enough to make any teeth marks on it) and then wallop the vice grip (not the sear) against a piece of hardwood (like that portion of a 98K mauser stock that you can't use for Luger mag bottoms) so that the direction of the force is in the direction you want the stuck plunger to go... this would be similar to using a bullet puller hammer. CAVEAT! Take extreme caution not to wallp the fingers between the wood and the vice grip !

You can't hurt the sear this way and eventually the plunger will pop out due to the inertia being stopped by the impact with the wood... probably a good idea to put the wood on a large soft cloth so that when the plunger pops out it won't ricochet across the room with the spring never to be found again. If it doesn't work the first session, then back to the penetrating oil for a day, and repeat the wallop process till it does work. No chance of any damage to the sear or plunger using this method.

next time put the spring into the sear first before installing the plunger Gerry ! It will make removal a little easier, not to mention the pistol will function much better (just kidding G.T.)

regards and good luck G.T.

- John Sabato

03-28-2002, 11:46 PM	#7
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,152 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	Hey G.T. - After soaking in penetrating oil... Drive out the retaining pin and Clamp the sear solidly but without crushing force in a vice grip tool near the rear end (not hard enough to make any teeth marks on it) and then wallop the vice grip (not the sear) against a piece of hardwood (like that portion of a 98K mauser stock that you can't use for Luger mag bottoms) so that the direction of the force is in the direction you want the stuck plunger to go... this would be similar to using a bullet puller hammer. CAVEAT! Take extreme caution not to wallp the fingers between the wood and the vice grip ! You can't hurt the sear this way and eventually the plunger will pop out due to the inertia being stopped by the impact with the wood... probably a good idea to put the wood on a large soft cloth so that when the plunger pops out it won't ricochet across the room with the spring never to be found again. If it doesn't work the first session, then back to the penetrating oil for a day, and repeat the wallop process till it does work. No chance of any damage to the sear or plunger using this method. next time put the spring into the sear first before installing the plunger Gerry ! It will make removal a little easier, not to mention the pistol will function much better (just kidding G.T.) regards and good luck G.T. - John Sabato