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| Changing the grip on a P32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Continuing with the P32 grip replacement instructions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The picture to the left shows our goal. See the extended hammer block pin on the right side, and the hammer block on the inside? You can't see the spring in this photo, but it's in there, too. Make sure that the smooth, rounded edge is toward the mzzle end. If you put it in backwards, you won't really be able to tell until your are done, and your magazine will not insert all of the way in, because it will be blocked by the hammer block. I put it in backwards once and I can't tell with this picture is it is in correctly or backwards. Just make sure the rounded edge faces forward. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Here's a good view of your next task. I can't tell here whether it's backwards or not either, but you can see the correctly placement. To begin this step, hammer the pin into the left side of the grip (as pictured above) just far enough so that it extends a couple of millimeters past the inside surface -- enough so that the spring can rest on it, but don't put it in yet. Place the bent end of the spring in the small hole in the hammer block. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Make sure the wraps of the spring (where the passes thru) match the hole where the pin passes thru the hammer block. Turn the grip on it's right side and slide the two pieces inside, as shown above right. If the spring comes out of the hammer block, you have to try again. It may help to use a prod of some sort to get it in the right position. This may take some time to position correctly. Make sure that the long end of the spring is pointed down the grip and against the rear surface. Once you've gotten the hammer block butted up against the right side so that the hole in the hammer block matches the hole in the grip, and the spring is next to the protruding pin, take your little screwdriver, or something similar, and compressthe spring coils a little bit so that you can slip it over the the protruding pin. Once you got the spring on, you should be able to gently tap the pin and drive it completely thru the spring and the hammer block and the other side of the grip. Once that's done, you can sigh in relief. The rest is easy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Now we're ready to put the receiver back in. DON'T put the slide stop spring back in yet! We'll get to it later! The little piece of metal that goes next to itm called the slide stop/ejector, may need to be put back into place if it has fallen out. Place the receiver loosely into the grip. Now you need to drop the hammer spring catch down the magazine shaft, as shown to the left. Also see that I have left the hammer block pin protruding to give another point of view of it. Drop the spring catch down, but don't try to attatch it yet. If it's anywhere inside the grip, that's fine. |
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| With the hammer spring catch down the magazine shaft, the receiver should slide right into the grip with a little bit of effort. If it doesn't, check the hammer spring catch and insure that it is not hung up on anything. Then continue to the next page... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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