Thumb latch question

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Originally Posted by tharpo

Did you push the barrel back before trying to move the take down lever?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-RL98gXKTQ

Yep I did that during disassembly

The difficulty happened upon reassembly where I really had to muscle the take down lever back into place.

I did learn a trick, if I have an empty magazine inserted it will hold the toggle back and make the whole proccess much easier