User's Manual

SAA 1873 REGULATOR Instruction Manual –DICEMBER 2017 Pag. 18
Warning: always run the cleaning rod from the chamber end
• Check first to make sure your revolver is empty. Then remove the cylinder as in the
disassembly and assembly section.
• Use a aluminum or brass cleaning rod (not steel), a brass bristle brush, and patches
appropriate to your revolver’s caliber to clean it. Use a good quality cleaning solution
to scrub the bore and each cylinder. While scrubbing the bore, always brush all the
way through the bore; never try to reverse directions while the brush is actually in the
barrel or chamber.
• After scrubbing, run clean patches through the bore and chambers until they come out
clean. Then completely, but lightly, oil the entire revolver. Use your revolver
carefully and safely. Help us to help you keep and protect your right to gun
ownership.
ORDINARY & EXTRAORDINARY MAINTENANCE
• Before conducting any sort of maintenance, make sure the firearm is unloaded.
• By “ordinary maintenance” we refer to measures the user should take to keep the gun in good working
conditions.
• An “Extraordinary maintenance” implies the replacement of broken parts and therefore disassembling
the gun. In this case only authorized personnel or a qualified gunsmith should handle the task.
• Also a long period of heavy use or inactivity requires an extraordinary maintenance; your gun should
be taken to a qualified gunsmith to have the action disassembled for professional cleaning and
lubrication.
• Your gunsmith will advise the best lubricant for the good maintenance of your gun.
• Do not leave oil residues when cleaning and lubricating your firearm.
• Make sure that the mechanism of the weapon is easy; if it starts to stiffen, or if corrosion is starting
on some essential parts, you should bring your gun to competent, professional personnel.
• Do not use pure silicon or lanolin.
• In the following pages you will find exploded views with a list of all parts. When ordering parts, it’s
important to specify date of purchase, serial number, model, caliber and item reference of the part/s
needed.
• If the gun has a problem that you cannot fix, DO NOT FIRE it but send it to an authorized center for
a check-up. If you try to fix it personally, you may put in serious danger yourself and the people near
you. Always pay great attention and handle the gun very carefully, in order to avoid terrible accidents
which may change your life and that of others.