Shortly before R. J. Hedley's untimely death he sent me, under orders to maintain it in strict confidence, a new reassembly spacer tool which he had designed for the R9. It was made from a large paper clip, no less.
As I was giving my R9 its regular weekend cleaning, it occurred to me that it might now be time to post two photographs of the paper-clip spacer -- one of it in place for inserting the recoil assembly and another showing the other fieldstripping/reassembly tools I have for my R9. R. J.'s "secret" tool fills the same function as Steve Bedair's spacer tool shown in the second the photographs. That photo also shows Steve's PVC takedown tool and a prototype of R. J.'s takedown/reassembly tool before he put the spacer in the thick end.
This may also be the first photograph I have posted of No. 132 in a state of "undress." (And for any of you sharp-eyed types who might wonder where the barrel pin is in the top photograph, it is hiding under the edge of R. J.'s "Back Pocket" holster.) 8)
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