Owner's Manual

2. Push up on the magazine catch and remove the magazine.

WARNING: EVEN THOUGH THE MAGAZINE HAS BEEN REMOVED

A CARTRIDGE REMAINING IN THE CHAMBER CAN STILL BE FIRED.

ALWAYS VISUALLY CHECK THE CHAMBER.

3. Pull the bolt handle all the way to the rear, extracting and ejecting the cartridge

in the chamber.

4. Visually confirm the chamber is empty. A safe rifle is one in which the bolt is open

and the chamber and magazine are empty and safety is on.

DISASSEMBLY OF THE SEMI-AUTO THOMPSON FOR ROUTINE CLEANING

WARNING: MAKE SURE YOUR THOMPSON RIFLE IS UNLOADED

BEFORE STARTING THIS PROCEDURE.

Takedown procedures for all Thompson semi-autos are the same.

1. With the rifle pointing in a safe direction,

safety lever in the “SAFE” position, remove the

magazine by pushing up on the magazine catch

and pulling the magazine out of the rifle.

2. Confirm once again that the rifle is unloaded

by visually checking the chamber. Before

disassembly the bolt should be in the forward

position, firing pin in the fired position and the

safety lever in the “FIRE” position.

3. With the firearm upside down and using a flat-blade screwdriver with a 1/8” width

blade depress the frame latch button in the rear bottom portion of the receiver.

(See PICTURE #1) At the same time pull the frame to the rear (new guns may be

tight). Once the frame is clear of the button you can remove the screwdriver and

continue pulling the frame to the rear. About half way back the frame latch button

will catch on the frame. Using the same flat-blade screwdriver depress the frame

latch button again and remove the frame the rest of the way off the receiver. (See

PICTURE #2) Care should be taken not to misplace the frame latch button should

it drop out of the receiver.

PICTURE #2

PICTURE #1

Frame Latch Button