Hi-standard "supermatic tournament"

cptmclark · April 15, 2020, 03:48 PM

My model 103 has served me well for many years, but I've never been able to get the barrel off. Instructions seem simple, Just to push the button, but when I do nothing gives.

What is the best way to disassemble this pistol?

Many Thanks,

Mike

Jim Watson · April 15, 2020, 05:06 PM

My procedure is to whack the button with a mallet, it gets wedged with use.
Then lock the slide back, hold the button back hard, and wiggle the barrel upward.

cptmclark · April 15, 2020, 05:22 PM

Sounds easy enough. Maybe I didn't whack hard enough. Have to use steel hammer to be hard enough? Rubber would never do it in this case.

Scorch · April 15, 2020, 06:33 PM

Varnished oil can glue the barrel to the frame. Push the button in and hit it with a plastic mallet or against a board or bench top

Jim Watson · April 16, 2020, 01:14 AM

NO steel hammer. Plastic or rawhide, brass at most.
Or the edge of the bench, per Scorch.

April 15, 2020, 03:48 PM	#1
cptmclark Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2004 Location: Indiana Posts: 432	Hi-standard "supermatic tournament" My model 103 has served me well for many years, but I've never been able to get the barrel off. Instructions seem simple, Just to push the button, but when I do nothing gives. What is the best way to disassemble this pistol? Many Thanks, Mike

April 15, 2020, 06:33 PM	#4
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,249	Varnished oil can glue the barrel to the frame. Push the button in and hit it with a plastic mallet or against a board or bench top __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

April 15, 2020, 05:06 PM	#2
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 19,162	My procedure is to whack the button with a mallet, it gets wedged with use. Then lock the slide back, hold the button back hard, and wiggle the barrel upward.

April 15, 2020, 05:22 PM	#3
cptmclark Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2004 Location: Indiana Posts: 432	Sounds easy enough. Maybe I didn't whack hard enough. Have to use steel hammer to be hard enough? Rubber would never do it in this case.

April 16, 2020, 01:14 AM	#5
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 19,162	NO steel hammer. Plastic or rawhide, brass at most. Or the edge of the bench, per Scorch.