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A friend had one that wouldn't feed. I asked to look at it and it was dirty. All that was really needed was to clean the extractor, extractor cut on the barrel, feed ramp, chamber, bolt face and breechface.
Anyway, it was a rather novel design for me. What appears to be the slide is actually the slide cover. Thin and lightweight, it covers the slide and keeps dirt off the working mechanism and slide. The slide is cocked by means of two slide extensions that are near the front of the slide. The light spring on this blowback firearm makes it easy to cock. Additionally, because the slide extensions girth, it is easy to perform this function with gloved or arthritic hands.
The slide itself is a stamped affair that is sturdy enough yet light. Upon being pushed to the rear, it will cock the hammer and strip a round from the magazine.
Disassembly was rather novel. There is a nut beneath the muzzle that is secured to the recoil spring guide rod. Using the large allen wrench that is provided with the gun, remove the nut and you can lift off the front slide cover. The recoil spring is still contained by the slide so you need not worry about it going orbital. Next use the smaller allen wrench to unscrew the slide extensions from each side. This allows the slide cover to be slid forward and off the frame.
The slide is now exposed. Pulling to the rear, lift it up and allow it to move forward and off the barrel. The recoil spring may now be slid off. I disassembled the slide to clean the firing pin and the extractor. It's easy to lose parts at this point and as small as my fingers are, I had trouble manipulating the extractor into position when I was reinstalling it.
I also took out the firing mechanism to look at it. This was done by driving out the grip pin at the bottom near the magazine release. While pushing the magazine release back. you can pull the action assembly up and away from the frame. The action assembly is stamped.
After cleaning it, I test fired it with eight rounds of Fed cheapie (325 rds a box) and then eight rounds of CCI Mini-Mags. It worked flawlessly.
Anyway, it was a rather novel design for me. What appears to be the slide is actually the slide cover. Thin and lightweight, it covers the slide and keeps dirt off the working mechanism and slide. The slide is cocked by means of two slide extensions that are near the front of the slide. The light spring on this blowback firearm makes it easy to cock. Additionally, because the slide extensions girth, it is easy to perform this function with gloved or arthritic hands.
The slide itself is a stamped affair that is sturdy enough yet light. Upon being pushed to the rear, it will cock the hammer and strip a round from the magazine.
Disassembly was rather novel. There is a nut beneath the muzzle that is secured to the recoil spring guide rod. Using the large allen wrench that is provided with the gun, remove the nut and you can lift off the front slide cover. The recoil spring is still contained by the slide so you need not worry about it going orbital. Next use the smaller allen wrench to unscrew the slide extensions from each side. This allows the slide cover to be slid forward and off the frame.
The slide is now exposed. Pulling to the rear, lift it up and allow it to move forward and off the barrel. The recoil spring may now be slid off. I disassembled the slide to clean the firing pin and the extractor. It's easy to lose parts at this point and as small as my fingers are, I had trouble manipulating the extractor into position when I was reinstalling it.
I also took out the firing mechanism to look at it. This was done by driving out the grip pin at the bottom near the magazine release. While pushing the magazine release back. you can pull the action assembly up and away from the frame. The action assembly is stamped.
After cleaning it, I test fired it with eight rounds of Fed cheapie (325 rds a box) and then eight rounds of CCI Mini-Mags. It worked flawlessly.