A friend of mine asked me to take a look at his C9 9mm last night.
I do this for all of my friends on a regular basis.
What I found upon tear down and inspection made my heart hurt for this little pistol.
Apparently, it has NEVER been cleaned or stripped down.
I get to the firing pin and springs. I notice something is just a tad bit off... I found two small pieces of Bic pen someone decided to smack in there to replace the forward buffer spring that goes around the slide return spring on the firing pin. I've never seen anything like this and it blew my mind that the plastic had not melted and bonded yet to the firing pin channel and spring.
Barrel was next. Oh my Gosh! Poor little thing.. His feed ramp has a small little pig trail through the carbon deposits!!
So, I'm going to get him another spring for his firing pin and clean it up for him. Some folks just need a little help from time to time...
I do this for all of my friends on a regular basis.
What I found upon tear down and inspection made my heart hurt for this little pistol.
Apparently, it has NEVER been cleaned or stripped down.
I get to the firing pin and springs. I notice something is just a tad bit off... I found two small pieces of Bic pen someone decided to smack in there to replace the forward buffer spring that goes around the slide return spring on the firing pin. I've never seen anything like this and it blew my mind that the plastic had not melted and bonded yet to the firing pin channel and spring.
Barrel was next. Oh my Gosh! Poor little thing.. His feed ramp has a small little pig trail through the carbon deposits!!
So, I'm going to get him another spring for his firing pin and clean it up for him. Some folks just need a little help from time to time...