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[green]Disassembly(Field-Stripping) and Maintenance of M1911-type Pistols


The Four General Safety Rules

1) [red]Assume that[/red]All weapons are always loaded.
2) Never let the muzzle of a weapon point at anything you are not willing to destroy.
3) Keep your finger OFF the trigger until the sights are aligned on the target.
4) Be sure of your target.

General conventions of this manual:  
References to the left or right side of the pistol are when the pistol is held in a normal firing grip with the muzzle pointed AWAY from the user.  These instructions assume a right handed user.
Use safety glasses when disassembling, cleaning, and reassembling the pistol.  Many parts are under heavy spring tension and can damage eyes if they are accidentally ejected from the pistol during disassembly/reassembly.  

Disassembly:

1) Remove the magazine from the pistol by depressing the magazine release button, which is located on the left side of the pistol directly aft of the trigger.

2) Keeping the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, grasp the slide with the nonfiring hand and briskly pull it to the rear, allowing any cartridge present in the chamber to be ejected freely.  Perform this action three times to ensure the weapon is clear.  

3) Visually check the chamber to verify that there is no ammunition present, then ease the slide forward into the closed position.

4) Rotate the pistol so that the muzzle is oriented upward and the magazine well (base of the grip) is toward you.

5) [red]Engage the thumb safety to keep the slide from moving rearward[/red][blue]this should be done in #4 at the beginning[/blue], then depress the recoil spring plug with your left thumb.

6) [red]mashing?[/red]Holding the recoil spring plug firmly with your left thumb, rotate the barrel bushing clockwise until its tabs are clear of the recoil spring plug.

7) The recoil spring plug is under heavy tension.  Keeping it pointed away from your face, ease it out of the pistol.

8) Release the thumb safety.
9) Retract the slide until the tab of the slide stop is visible through the disassembly notch on the left side of the slide.

10) From the right side, press the slide stop to the left and out of the pistol frame.

11) Grasp the slide and pull it forward and off the frame.

12) Remove the recoil spring and guide by pulling them toward the rear of the slide and lifting them out.

13) Rotate the barrel bushing counterclockwise until the tab holding it into the slide is visible, then pull it out of the front of the slide, taking the barrel forward and out with it.

Basic field stripping is now complete.

Cleaning and Lubrication:

Proper cleaning and lubrication are essential to ensure that your M1911 pistol will fire and function in critical situations.  The following items are necessary for cleaning and preventive maintenance of your pistol:

1) A good cleaning solvent (Shooter’s Choice, Hoppe’s No. 9, etc.)
2) A cleaning rod, bore brush, and patch holder of the appropriate caliber
3) Cleaning patches
4) A rag, such as an old t-shirt
5) A G.I. M16-style cleaning brush (toothbrush)
6) High-quality lubricant (MC-2500 or Break-Free CLP)

Begin cleaning by wetting a patch with solvent, then pushing it through the barrel from the rear(chamber) end and out the front.  Repeat three times, then lay the barrel aside to  allow the solvent to work.

Wrap the t-shirt over your index finger so that a single thickness of cloth is over your fingertip.  Apply a small amount of solvent, and use the cloth to wipe out the fouling from the inside of the slide and the breech face.  Using the M16 cleaning brush, brush under the extractor hook to dislodge any fouling present there.  

In the same manner, wipe out the magazine well in the frame, as well as the frame rails.  There will be accumulated powder residue and dirty lubricant in the grooves of the frame rails, and particular care should be taken to clean this area.  Brushing the grooves with the t-shirt stretched over the M16 brush is a particularly effective method of cleaning this accumulated fouling.
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