| Remove the magazine by depressing the magazine
release button and inspect and clear the chamber. Rotate
the manual safety lever fully up into the
"fire" position. Firmly grasp the frame and
slide with the left hand. While holding the left hand. as
explained above, position the right hand on the grip as
shown in figure keeping your fingers outside of the
trigger guard and off of the trigger. |
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| Apply pressure with the left and right hands in
opposite directions until the slide stop notch in the
left side of the slide is aligned with the forward,
rounded portion of the slide stop as shown in figure.
Press inward on the slide stop pin from the opposite side
of the frame and remove the slide stop. |
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| Allow the slide to move forward until it is aligned
with the frame in its normal closed position. The hammer
will fall as the slide moves forward. Pull the slide
forward off the frame while grasping the recoil spring
assembly by depressing the spring slightly and releasing
it carefully from the small radial undercut in the barrel
lug. The figure below shows the parts you will have after
field stripping. |
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