Success, after spending the night submerged in Hoppie's # 9. I dried it off and (as Ron Wood suggested: Try a bit of heat (not much more that you could get with a candle) put it to the flame. Within a few seconds a click was heard and the plunger was out. Tentative pushing/pulling and a drop or two of light oil and all is right with the world. The pin will still not budge and I have reinstalled the sear bar and will leave well enough alone...……...
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