Manual

DISASSEMBLY

Read instructions before disassembling a gun.

1. BE CERTAIN THE REVOLVER IS UNLOADED BEFORE DISASSEMBLY.

2. Using a properly fitting screwdriver,

remove grip screw and lift grip panels

from frame.

3. Cock the hammer. Insert disassembly

pin about one half its length into the

hole at the rear of the mainspring strut.

(The disassembly pin is carried in the

hole in the grip panel locator). Lacking a

disassembly pin, any similar instrument

will serve (See Figure 5).

4. With thumb on hammer spur,

squeeze trigger allowing hammer

to go fully forward. Remove the

hammer pivot assembly. With the

gun muzzle pointing down, slowly

lift the hammer upward and out of

the frame (See Figure 7, p. 18). It

may be necessary to move the

mainspring lever forward in order

to cause the hammer link hook to

detach from the mainspring lever

(See Figure 6 a.). If careful

manipulation of the hammer and

trigger does not disengage the

hook, disengage it with the tip of a jeweler’s screwdriver or similar device

when the hook is in a near-off position.

5. Push the lever pivot pin out with a small punch or nail and remove the

mainspring lever from the frame with mainspring and strut intact.

Removal can best be accomplished by twisting the lever slightly as the

assembly is drawn from the frame toward the rear (See Figure 6 b.).

CAUTION: Do not remove disassembly pin at this point! Doing so will

permit the mainspring to fly off its strut with great force and may cause

injury. The pin is to be removed only after the assembly is correctly

installed in the revolver during reassembly.

Figure 5

Figure 6