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Got my p-64 this week. Finally got a chance to go to the range to put it through the initial motions. Put through the first 25 rounds with "remanufactured ammo" I purchased from my ffl.

Absolutely perfect! The accuracy was surprising considering the tiny sights. But what from the talk I was most concerned about the recoil was minimal, not noticeable!

Great! Now I switch to Brown Bear and on the first clip after three rounds the trigger goes limp. I drop the mag, and eject the round in, and the trigger is limp. The rangemaster tells me that it appears that the trigger return spring was snapped.

How depressing, especially since I found shooting it so enjoyable.

Now for the question: I haven't put 50 rounds though it. Under these circumstances should I expect resistance from J&G Sales to replace it for me?

Your constructive comments will be greatly appreciated.

regards,

If I could find the spring someplace I would just fix it. If there are no parts to be had then I would check on their return policy.

I think springs are one of those things that can be replaced in these guns. Sorry your gun broke though. Good news was it didn't do it when you needed to shoot a bad guy!!!

Trigger return spring
http://p64resource.com/goods.php

This is not the first time I've read about this sort of thing on these boards. I do know that these are older guns should you replace all the springs on these old guns when you get one?

Also how many rounds can you shoot through one of these guns considering the limited supply of parts?

It sounds like I have all the tools at my disposal to solve my own problem. And it doesn't sound like if you do it wrong the gun blows up either (help me out here people!). If I'm going to be a part of the p-64 cult this seems almost like some kind of rite of passage, so what the he**. But I do admit I will cheat because while I don't have immediate access to a gunsmith, I do have a very good friend (well I guess I'll see) who is in the truest sense of the word a mechanic. He just knows how things work and how to fix them. So I've got my fingers crossed when I present him with this new challenge he'll be game.

Finally, to anyone who reads this who has been put off about the pistol because of its' supposed high recoil for such a small pistol, DON'T! It is very manageable and in fact I am considering purchasing one for my daughter.

jebib3, this is a simple fix, the P64 is not a difficult pistole to work on. If you know a dental lab technician who does wrought wire work he could make the spring for you, I'm wondering if
NORMSUTTON might be able to help you out with a new one.

Kurremkarm, my P64 is a work horse with thousands of rounds through it without a hic-up, but you are correct, sooner or later all fire arms need repair of one sort or another. The nice thing about the P64 is that almost anyone can work on it.
G.R.

GR, that is good news as I shoot my guns-- usually over 1000 rounds a year or more.

KurremKarm,
Just need to buy enough guns to shoot each a 100 or so / year.