Manual

06.01 – US15 –
Mauser M2
Maintenance
7 Maintenance of the Pistol
The magazine must be removed from the pistol.
Before stripping your pistol for cleaning, ensure once again
that it is unloaded (see Sect. 5.8).
Grasp slide 4 with your hand (fig. 8) not your fingers.
7.1 Stripping the pistol
1. Unload the pistol (see Sect. 5.8).
2. Release pistol safety (external safety models only).
3. Draw back the slide 4 to stop and hold it in the opened
position by pressing up the slide catch lever 26 (Fig. 8).
4. Check that no round is chambered (see Fig. 3, page 12).
5. Rotate control level 42 clockwise into its vertical position.
6. With the right hand grasp the grip and slide. Press in the
slide catch lever 26 from the right and pull it out from the
left (Fig. 9).
Fig. 8 Fig. 9
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