Good job Zorba... What you experienced is not unusual when you're dealing with a firearm with tolerances as close as the Luger.
A good gunsmith develops a feel for these things and (with experience) some strategies that tend to work effectively without angst.
I have a small rubber padded vise (with a vacuum base) that I use to carefully press parts in. It's helped me out of many tight places...
Marc
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