CZ 82 disassembly problem

[stevezio]

A friend of mine just received a cz 82 and we are unable to get the trigger guard down to disassemble the pistol.
I have a cz 82 and we don't have a problem with mine.
Is it just a matter of "more force" to pull this thing down.
It is a 84 model if that makes any difference.

Thanks

Steve

[divn4$]

Never had a promble with mine just drop the magazine and pull 1 of mine is a little harder to pull then the other but just slightly. Good luck

[Wishoot]

Drop the mag and give it a good pull.  It takes quite a bit of effort on my CZ82, but it always drops. 

[stevezio]

I got it down. I had to put the trigger guard on a post and just pull pull.
The problem is the little spring and pin came out at the same time.
I got everything back together, after allot of choice words.

[BigK]

Mine was "stuck" when I got it too. My trigger guard groove for the latch pin was dry as a bone despite the packing grease. There's no telling how long it had been in storage. Regardless, here's what I did:

1. Remove the magazine and grip panels.
2. Take a brass punch and drive out the trigger guard pivot pin.
3. This will give you some wiggle room to remove the trigger guard from the trigger guard latch pin.
4. Once you get the trigger guard off, inspect it for burrs and rust. You can smooth out the groove that goes over the latch pin with a Dremel polishing wheel, but not a sanding wheel or brush. You don't want to remove any metal.
5. Reverse the process to put it back together and put a bit of thick oil like FP-10 in the groove.
6. Once back together, work it open and closed a few times and you should be fine.

Mine is still a little hard to open, but much better than before.

[BigK]

OOPS, I must not have refreshed my screen in a while. Glad you got it apart without driving out the pin. I can assure you though, if you were able to get that slide stop spring back in place by yourself, the pin would have been a piece of cake.

Just a guess, but I'd wager that the slide stop spring wasn't all the way into the groove. If the trigger guard latch overlaps that little spring, it is on there TIGHT. Like I said, that's just a guess, but it would explain why the spring came out.

[stevezio]

I did as you suggested first and took off the grips and trigger guard pin. I still could not get it to come off.
That is why I went the drastic approach as I did.
After it was off the trigger guard was a bit bent open to much and after reassembly it would just fall out.
I just bent it back a little bit and now is fine.
It all turned out OK in the end.

[BigK]

I'm glad you were able to bend that latch back enough to grab the pin. This makes you wonder how/why the gap in the latch got so tight, huh?

I assumed it was just sticking and needed some room and lube.