The most difficult action U have disassembled

Marlin Model 70. The plates that hold the trigger mechanism must have been designed by a sadistic engineer as his last act of revenge on an unsuspecting public.

Jimro
 
Luger P08, pre-internet days. It will go back together about 17 different ways, only one of which is correct and allows the pistol to function.
 
Most difficult rifle I ever re-assembled was a Nylon 66. It was handed to me in a box, all the parts were there, and all I had to guide me was an exploded view diagram (it already looked just like the diagram). Took me a couple of hours, but it all went together and worked just fine (after scraping out 20+ years of fouling and crud accumulation). What I found out was it is not really that hard to reassemble once you have done it, but I was in no hurry to try again soon.

The most difficult firearm I have ever disassembled and reassembled was an old Spencer 1887 pump shotgun. There were only about 2,000 of them made and there were never any disassembly diagrams published. Second most difficult was a Mauser 1897 (aka Broomhandle). Again, once you've done it, it's no big deal, but the first time is a mother.
 
A 10/22... that had been submerged in brackish water for an extended period of time following Katrina.

Everything was corroded into a big mass of previously-a-firearm, but I gave it a shot because it had belonged to my grandfather.
 
Good one too by JrothWa on the model 100 winchester. I had forgotten about them. You need 3 hands and a trained monkey to put the action back in the stock. Really !
 
My Garand gave me a lot of trouble when I first took it completely apart. I was at that special level of knowledge on it that is known as 'just enough to be dangerous'. I was amazed at just how many different ways I could reassemble the inner workings 'correctly' without being able to lock the bolt back, pass a functions check, or both. Two hours or working with it and giving the manual a hard look (thanks again Kraigwy!), I was finally able to get it back together the right way. Six months and about 500 rounds later, the old warhorse still kicks.
 
difficult

There have been two. One was an antique "baby Bulldog" - a very small gun - lotsa parts, levers and springs. The other was a Model 59 Winchester shotgun.
Pete
 
difficult assembly

Winchester Mod 100 and Rossi copy of Win 92. Worst pistol Grendel P10 and 12. Three monkeys, 6 punches, 1 pint of blood, 2 aspirin and 2.5 hrs.
 
Achilles,Though I am not a veteran,there was a time when I was in training when the standard we were expected to meet was field stripping and re-assembling either the Garand or M-14 in less than 2 minutes,blindfolded.It takes some practice,but its quite do-able.A lot of folks have met that standard
 
I'm a bit of a single shot nut and I've taken apart Ruger #1's, highwalls, Stevens 44's, Aydt scheutzen actions, but nothing has stumped me like the Dakota model 10. It's pinless, everything comes out the bottom, I know conceptually how it works, I just cannot get the freakin thing apart and there's no drawing I've ever been able to find.
 
An old 12 gauge double barrel. The owner said it was in the family for years and the usual story, "Nobody took it a part, it just quit working". All the screw heads were recently chewed up, take it from there. Anyway, some of the springs and parts were only spot heat treated and were bent backwards and up side down to go back in. I had no idea what it looked like originally and it was really complicated with way more parts to do the job than were needed. The only good thing was none of the parts were missing. Maybe. (It worked fine when I was done.)
 
I think my biggest headache came from the plain old model 60 Marlin. The first time I completely took a 1911 apart was interesting as well. Usually, I stay away from the ones that are that difficult, but a lever action is in my future. Looks like that could be some fun.
 
Compared to my Sig 522, M&P 15-22, and my Beretta CX4 9mm, which all break down into two pieces for easy cleaning..... my wife's Marlin 795 can be quite a pain to disassemble. You have to remove the Action with Barrel from the Stock, THEN break down the Action to clean it. I broke it down once..... ONCE..... and now I just Spray Clean it, Wipe it down with Q-Tips & Patches, and finally Compress Air Blow-Out, all while it's fully assembled. Works!

I was going to buy a Ruger 10/22 recently, but found out the Action is similar to the Marlin, and opted for the Sig 522 instead.

Cheers!

BB
 
HiBC, I had that Garand for about two weeks when I decided to dive in to disassembling it. I'm a little better with it now. Maybe not two-minutes good, but it still shoots when I pull the trigger, so I'm happy with that. :D
 
Winchester 88 comes apart real easy. But oh going back together is a real test of your sanity, had to finally make some special tapered lineup pins to put it back together again.
bb
 
I'm with Achilles, my M1 always gives me fits. Maybe I just need to shoot it more, so I learn it better.

My GSG-5 is up there too. I should replace those screws with pins
 
My browning BL-22 is a pain to reassemble, Not terribly complicated, but everything fits very tight and there is little room for error.
 
For some reason, I could not reassemble my Colt 1911 the other day. Took 40 minutes to remember to get the forward cap and bushing properly aligned.
 
H&R .32 Self Loader. It took me about a month to figure out how to get it back together (taking it apart was difficult too). That gun was miserable to get back together. Traded it and a little cash for a Colt AR Carbine long ago.
 
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