Last night I stripped down the R-9 and gave it a good cleaning. This is the first time I field stripped it. Every thing went well untill it came time to insert the recoil spring. I tried to do it using the channel locks as per the directions. What a pinta. I tried at least 20 times to hold it in the locks but it slipped every time i tried. Shot the spring across the room and had to hunt down the cap a couple times. Not fun. Finally I got mad enough to just squeze it down with just my fingers and popped it in. Whew. Today I decided i better test it out, so I loaded up some American eagle fmj's and fired off a mag. Had a bunch of stovepipes and fail to feeds. Then while trying the 3rd mag. the trigger stopped functioning.
I took the gun back to my bench and figured I better check under the grips and see if anything was disconected that I could fix. Unfortunetly I did't have a 1/16 allen wrench so I had to run into the hardware store to get one. I got the grip off and sure enough the bar that pulls the trigger and return spring were off. Easy fix. Next I checked the recoil spring against a new one, and it was a tad shorter. Maybe 1/8 inch. Replaced the recoil spring, put it back in just using my fingers. I loaded 3 mags. I had bought another mag. & 2 extra recoil springs, and had received them yesterday. All 3 mags ran fine. I must have tweeked the first recoil spring with all the fooling around the first time. I am not sure why the hammer-trigger bar came off. The grip did not seem loose but I tightend it up real good, so will just have to see how it goes. I am going to keep an eye on the grips and check them frequently to see if the loosen. I think all is going to be ok. I am going to carry it for a week and then function test it again. Will let you all know what happens.
