why can't I assemble my new shotgun?

[scphil]

Ok I'm stupid. But what the hell am I doing wrong? I just got a Stoeger Uplander Supreme 20ga. I put it together when I got home, looked at it, played with it, put it away. I haven't had time to shoot it. This week I take it out to show my son, I can't assemble the damn thing! Yes it's the first shotgun I've owned. I put the barrel on the stock, the forearm won't go on. There are 2 metal pivots ( not the firing pins) which are obviously stopping everything from assembling, but if I flip them up, the barrel won't fit on the stock anymore. If I flip them down, I can't get the forearm on. I didn't think I was that stupid........but I guess I am.

[litl rooster]

Ok I'm stupid. But what the hell am I doing wrong? I just got a Stoeger Uplander Supreme 20ga. I put it together when I got home, looked at it, played with it, put it away. I haven't had time to shoot it. This week I take it out to show my son, I can't assemble the damn thing! Yes it's the first shotgun I've owned. I put the barrel on the stock, the forearm won't go on. There are 2 metal pivots ( not the firing pins) which are obviously stopping everything from assembling, but if I flip them up, the barrel won't fit on the stock anymore. If I flip them down, I can't get the forearm on. I didn't think I was that stupid........but I guess I am.

did you pull the triggers while it was disassembaled?  If so you have to reset them.  the 2 metal pivots are the cockers

[scphil]

Aha...I think you're right. How Do I reset them?

[Marshal Will Wingam]

As I recall from my Uplander, you flip them up, one at a time is easier, and put them against a workbench edge or a block of wood clamped in a vice and push. When you hear a click, it's cocked. Then do the other one. It assembles nicely after that.

+0:05 OK, I just checked, you put them down and push. Remember, those get pushed down by the underside of the barrel assembly when you open the action. You are duplicating that motion.

[scphil]

Ok so I put them down and push...at 90 degrees to the parallel of the barrel or straight back? I don't want to bend something by mistake. thanks in advance.

[Tensleep]

Ok so I put them down and push...at 90 degrees to the parallel of the barrel or straight back? I don't want to bend something by mistake. thanks in advance.

Stock in hand, 90 degrees to body, cocking levers against the wood, slightly lift and push.
I had to do it last night when I cleaned my Stoeger.

[litl rooster]

 You might find some additional help here also......http://www.marauder.homestead.com/irons.html

But Tensleeps and Marshall Will got ya straight

[scphil]

Got it fixed, thanks. Geez, now I remember having to do this before..the first thing that goes is the mind.