24 June 2009, 16:59
M PursellI need help with assembling a Browning 25 auto
A customer brought me one in a bag and asked if I could reassemble it. All went reasonably well until I got to the sear spring and I'm stumped. One tail powers the sear and the other one powers the trigger bar. That's as far as my ciphering goes. Can anyone describe to me how that little two-tailed spring fits?
I had a fairly low opinion of these nasty little pistols before this. It's even lower now.
24 June 2009, 19:34
M PursellThanks richj. I've got the same drawing in 4 or 5 different books.
24 June 2009, 23:02
tnekkccIt that the pistol that putting the barrel back in is like picking a lock?
24 June 2009, 23:38
Race BannonThe Firearms Assembly/Disassembly book states that it's the same as the Bauer 25.
There's a photo on the last page of the reassembly tips with a description of where the trig bar should be in relation to the spring arm.
It's not much, but if you have access to one of these books it might help.
25 June 2009, 02:20
M PursellThanks Race. That did it. I'd looked in the table of contents and didn't see a listing but it's clearly listed in the index.
Even with that, it's no picnic putting that thing together. The coil of the sear spring rides on the safety shaft. Who'da thunkit! I'd never have guessed that from the exploded drawing.