having trouble breaking down a EAA Windicator

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jborushko

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my friend gave me this eaa revolver snub nose .357 (Windicator) to clean up. It looks like it comes apart by driving out two pins in the body (i've already gotten the cylinder, crane, and first pin in front of the trigger guard out) the second pin in the main body of the Frame is being... easily put, difficult to drive out. any help?

Im using this as a parts breakdown http://www.eaacorp.com/Manuals/windicator.pdf

obliviously its not for complete break down but the picture is all i usually need.

please let me know if any of you have worked on this before!
 
I wouldn't disassemble it any further.
These pinned type guns are often easy to get apart, but maddeningly hard to get back together. Often they're assembled at the factory with assembly jigs and slave pins.

In any case, there's really no need to fully disassemble it for detail cleaning.
Simply remove the grips and use a couple of cans of "Gun Scrubber" spray type gun cleaner and de-greaser.
This will flush out any dirt and all lubricant.
If you have compressed air, blow it out.
You can finish dry it by using a hair dryer to warm the metal until its dry. NO HIGH HEAT as in a heat gun.

After the metal is dry, give it a good spray with a spray lubricant like CLP Breakfree or Rem-Oil.
I prefer CLP Breakfree because its a little thicker.
 
yeah, but i do want to take it apart to do a trigger job on it. its got the most horrendously hard trigger pull!

single action is like 6-7 lbs. i want it at my 3.25-3.5lbs
 
The internal parts are case hardened, (not color cased) and have a very thin, hard "crust" to prevent wear. You can't see this hardened "coat".

If you attempt to stone or even polish the parts you'll break through the cased coating and expose soft metal.
Result: Ruined parts that you may not realize you've ruined until the trigger job starts getting dangerously light or impossibly heavy.

On these guns, the "trigger job" is to install a spring kit if one is available.
Check Wolff Gun springs. You may need to actually contact them since the kit may also fit other guns and your's not be listed:

http://www.gunsprings.com/
 
lame! well ill see about a spring set. wont do much for the single action pull but getting some of that terrible double action pull out of there will help.

thanks
 
course we do have a case hardener furnace/capability in the shop... oh well. im thinking this thing is not worth the effort. im just gonna tell my friend to keep it under his pillow, and get a model 60 to carry!
 
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