pa 63 slide disassembly

thedrew · 02-27-2008, 07:54 PM

Could anyone please tell me how to disassemble the firing pin mechanism, and safety from a pa 63 slide. Any help would be appreciated

Zen900 · 02-27-2008, 08:25 PM

Put the safety lever half way and lightly pry it out. Remember the order of disassembly. When you reassemble push the safety in against the spring and grab the F-pin with needle nose pliers. Now thefiring pin won't launch into orbit.

thedrew · 02-28-2008, 09:36 PM

thanks for the reply, could have saved some time by just looking through previous postings, but thanks anyway, good to find the forum.

DrBoomBoom · 02-28-2008, 10:24 PM

Try this:

Changing Pa-63 Springs - Gunboard's Forums

Zen900 · 02-28-2008, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrBoomBoom

Try this:
Changing Pa-63 Springs - Gunboard's Forums

In those pics of the firing pin with the small spring and plunger be sure to notice the plunger has polarity because one end of the plunger is beveled and the other end flat. The pic shows the little plunger facing the right way.

DrBoomBoom · 02-29-2008, 06:40 AM

Good call, Zen, it's correct. If you install the plunger the wrong way, it can get stuck in the safety assembly. Don't ask me how I know.

thedrew · 02-29-2008, 09:23 AM

thanks a bunch for the help, my extractor plunger does not look like that at all, it is barrel shaped with one end beveled all the way around, and the other end flat, it does not insert into the extractor spring. is this some sort of variation?

well i was just looking for the past hour to find out what went wrong, even though i disassembled in a plastic bag, the pressure pin somehow got lost, the barrel must just be a stop of some sort, got a new pressure pin ordered.

DrBoomBoom · 02-29-2008, 01:21 PM

Does your safety plunger look like that also? What you describe sounds like the safety plunger. They might have put in two or them.

thedrew · 02-29-2008, 07:15 PM

that is actually what i thought at first, however, it lacks any hole to be placed over the spring, and is somewhat larger and longer, just large enough to fit into the hole near the back of the slide, the same hole that the extractor pressure pin, and spring are placed into, just at the opposite end of it. In fact i have been unable to even find it in a parts listing, and where else would it go?

thedrew · 03-03-2008, 02:04 PM

victory is mine!!, thanks for the help guys, got the part today and installed it, lost it, found it, then installed it again, this time with success, ill post picks of the gun after the slide is duracoated. Also before the fiasco got to put a couple hundred rounds through it, despite its age it is quite accurate.

Cheers

02-27-2008, 07:54 PM	#1
thedrew Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5 Trader Rating: (0)	pa 63 slide disassembly Could anyone please tell me how to disassemble the firing pin mechanism, and safety from a pa 63 slide. Any help would be appreciated

02-27-2008, 08:25 PM	#2
Zen900 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 686 Trader Rating: (0)	Put the safety lever half way and lightly pry it out. Remember the order of disassembly. When you reassemble push the safety in against the spring and grab the F-pin with needle nose pliers. Now thefiring pin won't launch into orbit. Last edited by Zen900; 02-28-2008 at 10:36 PM.

02-28-2008, 10:24 PM	#4
DrBoomBoom Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 93 Trader Rating: (0)	Try this: Changing Pa-63 Springs - Gunboard's Forums __________________ NRA member Gun rights voter Moderator at Pro Guns forum

02-29-2008, 06:40 AM	#6
DrBoomBoom Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 93 Trader Rating: (0)	Good call, Zen, it's correct. If you install the plunger the wrong way, it can get stuck in the safety assembly. Don't ask me how I know. __________________ NRA member Gun rights voter Moderator at Pro Guns forum

02-29-2008, 09:23 AM	#7
thedrew Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5 Trader Rating: (0)	thanks a bunch for the help, my extractor plunger does not look like that at all, it is barrel shaped with one end beveled all the way around, and the other end flat, it does not insert into the extractor spring. is this some sort of variation? well i was just looking for the past hour to find out what went wrong, even though i disassembled in a plastic bag, the pressure pin somehow got lost, the barrel must just be a stop of some sort, got a new pressure pin ordered. Last edited by thedrew; 02-29-2008 at 10:49 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

02-28-2008, 09:36 PM	#3
thedrew Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5 Trader Rating: (0)	thanks for the reply, could have saved some time by just looking through previous postings, but thanks anyway, good to find the forum.

02-29-2008, 01:21 PM	#8
DrBoomBoom Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 93 Trader Rating: (0)	Does your safety plunger look like that also? What you describe sounds like the safety plunger. They might have put in two or them. __________________ NRA member Gun rights voter Moderator at Pro Guns forum

02-29-2008, 07:15 PM	#9
thedrew Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5 Trader Rating: (0)	that is actually what i thought at first, however, it lacks any hole to be placed over the spring, and is somewhat larger and longer, just large enough to fit into the hole near the back of the slide, the same hole that the extractor pressure pin, and spring are placed into, just at the opposite end of it. In fact i have been unable to even find it in a parts listing, and where else would it go?

03-03-2008, 02:04 PM	#10
thedrew Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5 Trader Rating: (0)	victory is mine!!, thanks for the help guys, got the part today and installed it, lost it, found it, then installed it again, this time with success, ill post picks of the gun after the slide is duracoated. Also before the fiasco got to put a couple hundred rounds through it, despite its age it is quite accurate. Cheers