American Shooting Journal – August 2019

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Step 5:

Using a flat head screwdriver, push on the back of the firing pin, turn it counter-clockwise by 90 degrees, and depress. Firing

pin will jump out. Sometimes pulling the bolt out and relifting it, allowing it to slam forward, will help free the firing pin out

of position. Remove firing pin.

Step 6:

Pull the bolt stop a bit out of the

upper. Push flat head screwdriver

into firing pin hole at the back of the

bolt. Move it under the bolt stop and

move the bolt stop forward and out

of the upper, while compressing the

main spring with the screwdriver.

Remove bolt and main spring.

Step 7:

Removing the extractor is delicate, and extractor needs to be supported around the rails in the bolt to prevent breakage.

Using a flat head screwdriver, lift extractor head up and out of the bolt, only lifting the head by an eighth of an inch, just to

clear retention knobs from the bolt.

Step 8:

Move the hammer into ready-to-fire position. Pull sear back and lift it up. While supporting the hammer and pulling it back,

lift sear arm up all the way about 90 degrees and lift it off the gun frame. Hammer is under load and will snap back violently if

not supported and lowered carefully.

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