Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Exploded View and Parts List, 1911 .45 ACP
3
Basic Rules for Safe Gun Handling, Lead Warning, Manufacturer’s Warning
4
Rules of Safety
6
Ammunition
7
Basic Description of Mechanism
10
How to Check if Your Weapon Is Loaded
11
Preparing Your Pistol for Firing
11
Safety and Gun Handling
13
Matchmaster “Captive” (single-pin): Disassembly, Cleaning and Reassembly
15- 19
Matchmaster (2-Piece Guide Rod System): Disassembly, Cleaning and Reassembly,
20 - 25
Matchmaster (One-Piece Undrilled Guide Rod System): Disassembly, Cleaning and Reassembly
26 - 30
Big Deuce: Disassembly, Cleaning and Reassembly
31-35
Enforcer and Cohort: Disassembly, Cleaning and Reassembly
36 - 40
Manufacturer’s Warranty Instructions,
41
Tips from Your Pistolsmith
42
How to Determine Your Recoil System Type
The Safari Arms Matchmaster’” has been modified over the years, and has been produced with three dif-
ferent recoil systems. Instructions are provided for all three.
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A hex-head opening
A smooth guide rod end
move the slide back until the slide stop engages.
means you have a
means you have either a
Look at the guide rod. If there is a tiny hole drilled
two-piece guide rod
captive or a one-piece
through it, you have a captive system (page 15
). If
system (page 20 ).
undrilled system, so...
there isn’t, you have the undrilled system (page 26).