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Originally posted by john traveler:
That does not look like a S&W revolver spring.

I just stripped my Walther PPK, and it looks like the slide stop hold open spring. Does your slide stop hold open flop up and down or is it under spring tension in the down position?

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Originally posted by Fastbolt:
Looks like you may have forgotent to reinstall the "takedown lever retaining wire" on the left side of your locking block. (Or else it fell out of the recess on the left side of the locking block and you just didn't notice it. )

BTW, when the takedown lever is reinstalled, notice the slightly beveled edge on the end, to allow it to slide over the retaining wire.

Rotate your image counter-clockwise 180 degrees and you have the approx orientation of the wire in the locking block on the left side as far as front/back & up/down are concerned (looking at the locking block from the left side, with it held in the normal orientation). The short 'leg' fits in the recess below and behind the large hole where the takedown lever pin fits (end of short wire leg pointing downward), and the longer, slightly dog-legged section of wire points forward (ending under the large pin hole, providing tension on the takedown lever).

FWIW, taking apart pistols without some knowledge and familiarity with them is a good way to lose and or damage parts ... but you knew that.

BTDT. That's one of the reasons I originally wanted to start attending armorer classes.