My Tomcat, Model 3032, needed a thorough cleaning, so I field stripped it, like I've done many times before, but this time I decided to remove the grips so I could clean the frame.
While cleaning the gun it slipped out of my hands and fell onto the table. It only fell about 6 inches and onto my cleaning pad, but the safety lever fell out and the hammer fell forward. I managed to get the safety lever back in, but when I reassembeled gun, the safety wouldn't work. I looked in my manual to see if there was something I could do to fix this, but found that it says "specifically" to not let the hammer fall when the slide or grips are removed. What have I done? How do I repair this or should I just take it to a gunsmith? :?:
While cleaning the gun it slipped out of my hands and fell onto the table. It only fell about 6 inches and onto my cleaning pad, but the safety lever fell out and the hammer fell forward. I managed to get the safety lever back in, but when I reassembeled gun, the safety wouldn't work. I looked in my manual to see if there was something I could do to fix this, but found that it says "specifically" to not let the hammer fall when the slide or grips are removed. What have I done? How do I repair this or should I just take it to a gunsmith? :?: