help, Help, HELP, but dont laugh

[longtooth]

Guys my son in law's dad has an old Lorcin L380.
No papers. It has not been cleaned since the last time & there is no tellin when that was.
I have tried a google search & Wikipedia search & question. I turn up nothing.
Any of you computer search engine geeks able to find me disassembly instructions?
Any of you guys that shoot these fine firearms able to tell me how to get it apart.

[Mike1951]

Found these on THR:

Take the magazine out and cycle the slide several times to MAKE SURE THE PISTOL IS EMPTY.
Repeat, MAKE SURE THE PISTOL IS EMPTY.
Point the pistol in a safe direction and pull the trigger.
At the rear of the slide, there is a small keyhole-shaped cutout; you need to press in on that cutout, and while keeping it pressed in, lift up on the rear of the slide.
While doing so, make sure the rear of the slide is also pointed in a safe direction, as the firing-pin (under spring tension), can and will be propelled backwards at a high enough speed to take an eye out.
Once the rear of the slide is up, you can ease it forward and take it off the front of the barrel.
Reassembly is in reverse order.

[longtooth]

Starting now.
Thank you. & Merry Christmas.
LT

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This may or may not work. If it's built like it's predecessor the Raven you Depress the firing pin indicator at the rear of the slide and then lift the slide up and pull the slide off towards the muzzle. Make sure the firing pin is not cocked.

[longtooth]

It is apart. Thank you. Mikes is the right way. Tomorrow I will clean it & then I have to put it back together. Any of yall live close to Lufkin.

LT

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By the way, dry firing can break the firing pin. I place a a pencil down the barrel after making sure the chamber is clear and let the firing pin drop on the erasure.

[longtooth]

Got it. Thanks for that tip too.
Man I dont want to damage a fine firearm.

[Mike1951]

As a side note, a valuable resource is no more.

http://stevespages.com/page7b.htm

This gentleman previously made available for download owners manuals for hundreds of firearms.

The site has been taken down, which I hope will only be temporary.

I used it just a few days ago, but found it down when I went to look for Lorcin.

[jbirds1210]

As a side note, a valuable resource is no more.

http://stevespages.com/page7b.htm

This gentleman previously made available for download owners manuals for hundreds of firearms.

The site has been taken down, which I hope will only be temporary.

I used it just a few days ago, but found it down when I went to look for Lorcin.

That was a very valuable resource! I hope that he puts the page back up. I am glad you got what you needed LT!

Jason

[G.C.Montgomery]

Guys my son in law's dad has an old Lorcin L380.
No papers. It has not been cleaned since the last time & there is no tellin when that was.
I have tried a google search & Wikipedia search & question. I turn up nothing.
Any of you computer search engine geeks able to find me disassembly instructions?
Any of you guys that shoot these fine firearms able to tell me how to get it apart.

I'm glad the guys had answers for you, longtooth. My answer was going to be, place in blender, press liquefy!

[flintknapper]

I would recommend you lock up your other guns tonight.


If you don't want them associating with it.

[ttorion]

As a side note, a valuable resource is no more.

http://stevespages.com/page7b.htm

This gentleman previously made available for download owners manuals for hundreds of firearms.

The site has been taken down, which I hope will only be temporary.

I used it just a few days ago, but found it down when I went to look for Lorcin.

The Internet Archive is your friend. It appears all of the manuals on still on his website but the index page is not there. I believe the page archived is from May.

He doesn't show a Lorcin manual.

[Mike1951]

I admit that I didn't think of using the cached information.

However, I wrote Steve an apologetic letter saying that I hoped I hadn't contributed to his decision to take the site down.

I explained how helpful the information has been in the past and expressed my desire that he would reconsider his decision.

At this point, I won't circumvent his desires by using the links from the archived index. Others may do so, but I feel it would be inappropriate for me after sending my letter.

Your link clearly shows what may be lost.

[NcongruNt]

I admit that I didn't think of using the cached information.

However, I wrote Steve an apologetic letter saying that I hoped I hadn't contributed to his decision to take the site down.

I explained how helpful the information has been in the past and expressed my desire that he would reconsider his decision.

At this point, I won't circumvent his desires by using the links from the archived index. Others may do so, but I feel it would be inappropriate for me after sending my letter.

Your link clearly shows what may be lost.

I doubt he would have issue with you getting the manuals from the web archive. From the looks of it, is issue was most likely with the sheer amount of bandwidth that was being used by people that were downloading EVERYTHING. This likely resulted in overage charges from his web host and is probably why he took the pages down. The Web Archive has its own servers, storage, and bandwidth, so looking at the manuals there wouldn't contribute to the problems he was having.

FWIW, the latest update to the Web Archive appears to have everything.

http://web.archive.org/web/200702281707 ... page7b.htm

[KBCraig]

Man I dont want to damage a fine firearm.

I was going to suggest running it through a parts cleaner if you have one, or the dishwasher if you don't. (Don't worry, I wouldn't tell Mrs. LT!)

Seems like you've got a handle on things, which negates my second suggestion: buy him a 9mm HiPoint as a replacement, and keep the Lorcin for a future "gun buy-back". You'd probably clear $40 on the deal (even more if you sold the magazine separately on an auction site).