Manual

To unload a P.64 having a live round in the chamber:
1) Place the safety in the ON position.
2) Remove the magazine.
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3) Grasp the snde by the milled grooves and pull the slide
completely rearward in one smooth motion.
4) The loaded cartridge should be ejected clear of the pistol.
S) Visually verify the chamber is emply and the cartridge has
been ejected dear of the pistol.
6) Ease the slide forward to a closed position.
71 Reinsert the magazine.
PISTOL DfSASSEMBL Y
1) Remove the magazine and lay it aside.
2) Place the safely in the "ON" position.
3j Grasping the pistol with the right hand. retract the slide with
the leFt hand and verify the chamber is unloaded.
4) Ease the slide to battery.
5) Still holding the pistol with the right hand. pull the hinged
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trigger guard downward (See Figure 3) with the_le~thand.
FIGURE 3: PULLING HINGED TRIGGER GUARD DOWN FOR DISASSEMBLY
6) Push the trigger guard to left or right. resting its edge upon the
pistol frame (See Figure 4).
Note: The
trigger
guard has
two small
grooves cut
one either
side of the
lug, which
engage the
frame when
the guard is
rested on
the frame
for disas-
sembly.
flGU RE 4; RESTING TRIGGER GUARD ON FRAME FOR DISASSEMBLY
7) Grasping the slide by the serrations with the left hand. pull the
slide completely rearward.
8) The rear of the slide wnllift upward. free of the sJide rails.
9) Ease the slide forward. clear of the barrel. The recen spring
will remain wrapped around the barrel. lay the slide aside.
101 Remove the recoil spring and lay it aside.
111 Unscrew the grip screw and from the grip screw nut. Lay both
grip screw and grip screw nut aside.
12) Remove the grip panels and lay them aside.
No further disassembly is required or recommended for cleaning
or maintenance. Do not allow the hammer to fall with the sUde
removed. Damage to the "mechanism may result.
Reassemble by reversing the disassembly procedure.
NOTE: One end of the recoil spring is smaller than the other. The
smaller end slfps over Ihe barrel. The other end. going into the
slide. being slightly larger greatty eases reassembly of the slide
onto the barreL
MAGAZINE DISASSEMBLY
1) On the left side of the magazine at its base is a notch.
Through this notch a bent portion of the magazine spring
protrudes to engage this notch. See Figure 6. Using a narrow
gunsmith's screwdriver or like tool. lift the wire upward to clear
the notch In the floorplate.
2) Slip the floorplote forward slightly. so the notch in the base is
past the wire end. '