Roadrunner

Glad things turned out OK JD. My amusing spring story was the day I showed up to work at the gun shop to find our resident blowhard salesman with a big bruise on his forehead. Turns out he was helping a co-worker disassemble his new 1911 and launched the recoil spring plug straight into his face! Apparently the conversation went something like this;

Coworker: "Hey man, I can't remember how to take one of these apart, can you help me?"

Blowhard: "Oh yeah, these are a piece of cake! Just twist this part here, but be careful of the spring [BOOOIIING thunk]. Ouch."

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Miggy

Years ago I bought an adjustable rear sight for my Taurus PT 92 and proceeded to gently tap out the old one out of the slide. Silly me I believed that there was nothing underneath but I was wrong! a pin and a spring pop out and launch vertically. For a brief moment I was able to visually track both but eventually my eyes fixated on the slower pin and the spring disappeared.
After several seconds of multilingual cussing I retrieved the pin and proceeded with a deep search of the spring but I could not find the darn thing. I gave up and decided to go online to the Taurus website to get their number and request the spring. Lo and Behold the spring landed on the keyboard and lodged itself in between keys! I had one of those old beige keyboards so I was lucky to see it and retrieve it.
I installed the new sight, pin and spring inside a clear plastic bag. I checked gun parts diagrams before attempting any work ever since... OK most of the time.

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ppkheat

Any of ya'll have/use a "capture box". I've been meaning to build myself one but just haven't gotten around to it.

The worst "dreaded feeling" I got once was working on my ice-maker. It quit working and I opened it up to find out what malfunctioned. When I took the cover off, various gears and electrical contactors (points) fell out on the floor. They were easy enough to find, but I never got a chance to see how they were configured. After a bit of sweating I was able to figure them out.

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Jay6

That is too funny. I do all of the smith work to my guns and learned this lesson the hard way more than once trying to learn their internals. I can not count the number of times I have been on Brownells cursing and ordering a new $4 spring or plunger. One thing I set up you might want to try. Get a clear plastic rubbermaid tub and cut holes just large enough for your hands to fit. I use it when taking apart a new gun in case something decides to go for a ride it stays in the tub and can be found again.

RemMod597

Disassembling in a plastic bag keeps all my parts/springs within easy reach... especially when removing the slide from my Hi-Point JCP .40 pistol.