SLIDE ASSEMBLY TAKEDOWN -

(1) Should begin with removal of the magazine – Full removal, and storage away from the work area.

(2) Then lock the slide back for, both, visual and tactile verification that the chamber is empty.

(3) Lower the slide; point the pistol in a safe direction, and pull the Trigger.

(4) Slightly withdraw the slide and pull down on the slide lock. Ease the slide and barrel assembly forward until it’s off...

(1) First, remember not to reinstall the Trigger (Return) Spring backwards! It MUST be reinstalled in the shape of the letter, ‘S’ when viewed from the side with the Trigger held in your right-hand, and the Trigger Housing Mechanism held in your left-hand.

(2) Simply reverse the disassembly directions to reattach the Trigger Bar and Trigger Mechanism Housing. The Connector goes on BEFORE the Trigger Bar is attached.

(3) You can use the hole the (FP) Striker,...

I'm getting a sense of Déjà vu while reading this thread. Sometimes it's good to remember just how lucky you are! Years ago, while I was still working for a living and on straight commission, mortgage interest rates suddenly soared up to 21% and the local real estate market almost completely shut down.

I still remember a couple of agents in my office who - after a couple of months of trying to survive in an impossible market - just sat down at their desks one Friday afternoon,...

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