You can try this, but I hesitate to even put in in print.
If it was mine, I would empty a magazine and fully seat it in the mag well until it clicked. Then I would keep KEENLY in mind that I am not aware if there is a round in the chamber or not - it will still fire with an empty mag in if there is a round in the chamber. That means being acutely aware of where the muzzle is pointed, and keeping one's fingers out from the right of way of a bullet exiting said muzzle - because the right or way for a bullet is not very forgiving at all.
Then I would hose it down along the interface between the slide and the frame (both sides of the gun), paying particular attention to the safety area, with WD40, and let it sit a while, giving the WD40 enough time to do it's penetration trick.
I'd tap it with a rubber mallet - not smite the shit out of it, just tap it all along the area of interest a few times, to jiggle shit around and clear a path for the WD40.
All this time I would keep in mind there might be a hot round in the chamber, and act accordingly - i.e. keep it pointed at a wall I didn't mind perforating, and make sure no dogs or friends were harmed in the making of this repair. I stress this because when I was much younger I nearly got my head perforated by an "unloaded" gun, which I feel would have possibly been very bad for me. I mean the brand new hole in my head thing might not have been good for me.
Then I'd cock the hammer, and REALLY ramp up the whole "which way is that muzzle pointed" thing, and keep track of what was in front of it that I might not want to obliterate. I would, at this point, place the weapon on "fire" or as nearly as I could, and remove the empty magazine from the chamber. I'd be pretty cautious of the trigger from here forward.
then I would try to work the safety and the slide a bit, to see if I could get any motion at all. Some motion can be good, no motion at all after several minutes of trying can be bad.
If I could get enough play in the slide to take out the takedown pin (also known as the slide release pin - the slide release pops about an eighth to a quarter of an inch out the left side of the gun when you are successful), then I would extract that and try to take the slide off to the forward of the weapon.
If I managed to get the slide off, then I would take out the recoil spring and make every effort to insure it didn't fly across the room and into the next installment when I did... and if I got that done, I would gently lift out the barrel and make sure there was no round in the chamber.. and if there isn't, I would breathe a sigh of relief, having disarmed a potential bomb.
Then I would inspect the innards for rust, and try to determine why it wasn't freely functioning to begin with,
That's just what I would do - your mileage may vary.
None of this will likely work if the hammer cannot be cocked or at least pulled back enough to get the slide off.
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If it was mine, I would empty a magazine and fully seat it in the mag well until it clicked. Then I would keep KEENLY in mind that I am not aware if there is a round in the chamber or not - it will still fire with an empty mag in if there is a round in the chamber. That means being acutely aware of where the muzzle is pointed, and keeping one's fingers out from the right of way of a bullet exiting said muzzle - because the right or way for a bullet is not very forgiving at all.
Then I would hose it down along the interface between the slide and the frame (both sides of the gun), paying particular attention to the safety area, with WD40, and let it sit a while, giving the WD40 enough time to do it's penetration trick.
I'd tap it with a rubber mallet - not smite the shit out of it, just tap it all along the area of interest a few times, to jiggle shit around and clear a path for the WD40.
All this time I would keep in mind there might be a hot round in the chamber, and act accordingly - i.e. keep it pointed at a wall I didn't mind perforating, and make sure no dogs or friends were harmed in the making of this repair. I stress this because when I was much younger I nearly got my head perforated by an "unloaded" gun, which I feel would have possibly been very bad for me. I mean the brand new hole in my head thing might not have been good for me.
Then I'd cock the hammer, and REALLY ramp up the whole "which way is that muzzle pointed" thing, and keep track of what was in front of it that I might not want to obliterate. I would, at this point, place the weapon on "fire" or as nearly as I could, and remove the empty magazine from the chamber. I'd be pretty cautious of the trigger from here forward.
then I would try to work the safety and the slide a bit, to see if I could get any motion at all. Some motion can be good, no motion at all after several minutes of trying can be bad.
If I could get enough play in the slide to take out the takedown pin (also known as the slide release pin - the slide release pops about an eighth to a quarter of an inch out the left side of the gun when you are successful), then I would extract that and try to take the slide off to the forward of the weapon.
If I managed to get the slide off, then I would take out the recoil spring and make every effort to insure it didn't fly across the room and into the next installment when I did... and if I got that done, I would gently lift out the barrel and make sure there was no round in the chamber.. and if there isn't, I would breathe a sigh of relief, having disarmed a potential bomb.
Then I would inspect the innards for rust, and try to determine why it wasn't freely functioning to begin with,
That's just what I would do - your mileage may vary.
None of this will likely work if the hammer cannot be cocked or at least pulled back enough to get the slide off.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’