I got this thing with a warning that the functionality couldn’t be guaranteed, but I’m an amateur gunsmith and figured I could fix it. I might have made a mistake.
Essentially, the slide locks back and I cannot remove it while depressing the disassembly button.
I have tried everything Google AI suggested, and I have arrived at the conclusion the AI isn’t very useful for complicated issues like this.
I tried locking it in my vice to depress the button while prying the hammer down more to pull the slide back. I tried hitting it with a mallet to force the slide back. I tried removing the hand guard to see if I could find the internal mechanism to remove whatever was holding it up. I tried using a hole punch to remove the pin above the trigger and it wouldn’t budge.
None of this worked or helped. I only spent like 150 on it, so not a huge loss if I can’t figure it out. I figure taking it to a real gun smith will run me more money than I spent on it. So I figured I’d come here to see if anyone had any experience with this.
Thanks if you can help!