New owner of a P64

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estook
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New owner of a P64

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What a great site for owners of the P64. Helpful people and great info.

Just got my P64 from Classic Firearms. In almost unfired condition, just a little holster wear on the front of the slide, some scratches on the gun and a mirror bright bore. No cosmoline, just light oil packing. Cleaned this puppy with Break Free Powder Blaster and oiled with Hoppes and RemOil.

Went to the local indoor range to shoot it along with my Bulgarian Makarov and Ruger 9E, left the Romanian TTC at home. By the way the TTC and Makarov came from Classic, both beautiful condition. Shot two mags from the P64 and encountered a failing to return to battery condition. Really unhappy me! The Makarov has never failed to go bang.

Just finished cleaning and using iraqveteran8888 (youtube) instructions hopefully curing the sticking bolt problem on my Mosin Nagant 91/30. Next is the P64- just found the firing pin stuck in firing position. Must be the problem, going to use the J. Taylor assembly manual to clean real closely. Maybe just the slide as the frame and trigger group are crazy weird. My Bulgarian Mak was easy to disassemble completely, clean and reassemble. I'm sure I can do it on the P64, but it seems a little daunting.

Any opinions?

Thanks guys and girls.

Erik from Jamestown, NC
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Welcome to the forum Erik.

Yes remove the FP and clean out any grease from the channel that may be causing the FP to stick.
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Yeah what Curly said. +1 on the cleaning part. And welcome to the Brotherhood. Pictures of your new toy by any chance?
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Welcome! I've found that for cleaning and degreasing, WD-40 is your new best friend.
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A good cleaning should do it.
And remember to keep it oiled well.
I use Froglube myself
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