I am a new firearms enthusiast and recently purchased my first semi-auto handgun, a NIB P22 with nickel slide. I have owned a S&W J-Frame for years as a home defense piece but it is not much fun to shoot at the range. So I decide to buy a 22LR as my first semi-auto to have something affordable...

Hi all! I have a P99 that I don't shoot often enough. It has probably fewer than 600 rounds through it. I removed the slide, recoil string, and barrel to see if it needed cleaning before shooting this weekend, and when I reassembled it I must have screwed something up. It won't fully go back...