[SELFDEFENSE]

My new S&W blue .380 PPK has a recoil spring that is the dickens to get off when cleaning.
Is this common and is there any particular trick to getting it off?
Did not want to force it too much.
TIA

 

[PanaDP]

I can't get mine off either unless I twist the spring off. Twist one way and it tightens its grip on the barrel, tighten the other way and it loosens and will come off quite readily.

 

[PanaDP]

BTW, that's exactly the same as my gun and I love it. Enjoy!

 

[SELFDEFENSE]

Thanks.
Glad to know its not just me.
BTW, clockwise or counter-clockwise from the back of the gun?

 

[David the Gnome]

I've never taken mine off lol.

 

[PanaDP]

Thanks.
Glad to know its not just me.
BTW, clockwise or counter-clockwise from the back of the gun?

I forget which direction. Try it. One direction clearly makes the spring grab tighter and the other lets you twist it right off.

 

[TxState]

Just like a regular nut and bolt.

Lefty loosey, righty tighty..

 

[SELFDEFENSE]

Thanks. Will give it a try.

 

[flyfisher]

Careful with the sharp end of the spring,when you are removing it. It will scratch the end of the barrel that shows.

 

[Deputy]

I can't get mine off either unless I twist the spring off. Twist one way and it tightens its grip on the barrel, tighten the other way and it loosens and will come off quite readily.

Ditto for me. Kinda neat that it doesn't just fall off the barrel.

 

[PanaDP]

Ditto for me. Kinda neat that it doesn't just fall off the barrel.

Yeah. I tend to clean my guns at the coffee table with some newspaper spread out and I don't know how many time I've had a spring fall off and either get covered with dog hair (I love 'em but they shed like crazy) or get oil on something I don't want dirty.

 

[Deputy]

Cat hair for me. Once anything falls on the floor it's covered with it. I got 3 cats. Want one? Just kidding...my wife would kill me if I got rid of them.