screw located at the lower rear extremity of the righthand wall of the receiver.

b. With the hammer cocked, depress the action slide lock release plunger pin extending through the right wall of the receiver, to prevent interference of lock with receiver wall. Then insert a screw driver through the ejection opening and pry gently on the carrier to start it downward, after which it can be rotated down and out of the receiver through the lower opening.

4. Breech bolt groups.

With the carrier removed, the breech bolt may be removed as follows:

a. With the breech bolt fully forward, remove the action slide hook screw from the right forward face of the breech bolt.

b. Reach into the receiver and remove the action slide hook from the left side of the breech bolt. The hook is easily removed after the screw has been removed.

c. Slide the breech bolt group to the rear out of the receiver.

5. Trigger guard bow group.

Ordinarily it should not be necessary to remove the guard bow group for cleaning. To remove this group the butt stock must first be removed. This can be accomplished by removing butt plate screws and butt plate. Then with long shanked screw driver disengage butt stock bolt now visible in stock from tang of receiver by turning counterclockwise, and then pull butt stock to rear from receiver. The guard bow group can then be removed as follows:

a. With pin drift, drive out trigger pin from lower rear end of receiver and pull guard bow to the rear out of receiver.

b. Trigger and trigger spring can then be removed from guard bow. The stop screw should not be removed. This screw is used to limit rearward movement of trigger, which should move far enough to disengage sear from hammer when retracted.

Operation of Gun

The gun is operated by moving the action slide handle smartly and fully, backward and forward. This operation unlocks the breech bolt, extracts and ejects the fired shell, cocks the hammer, transfers a live shell from the magazine to the chamber of the barrel, and relocks the breech bolt behind the shell.

CAUTION: During operation the muzzle of the gun should always be pointed in a safe direction.

Before the action slide can be retracted, the action slide lock must be disengaged from the action slide bar. If the gun has been fired, the hammer is consequently in a forward position. Accordingly, the only movement necessary is to move the action slide handle forward slightly to allow the lock to disengage, and then reciprocate it as above, as the descending hammer has already partly disengaged the lock. If the hammer is at half cock, it must be pulled back to full cock, and the action slide lock release plunger pin then pressed and the handle pushed forward and reciprocated as explained. If the gun is at full cock, proceed as just stated.

CAUTION: During these operations, the finger should remain outside the trigger guard. Reciprocation of the slide handle should be full and smart to ensure extraction of the shell, cocking of the hammer, complete locking of the breech bolt, and blocking of the action slide. Slamming of the mechanism, however, should be avoided. When the gun is being fired as a repeater, all pressure should be removed from trigger while operating.

When the gun is being fired as a repeater, the recoil of the gun performs the preliminary forward movement of the action slide handle, as the gun recoils away from the handle which is held by the operator.

With gun loaded and locked, and the hammer at full cock, the only operation necessary to fire the gun is to pull the trigger to release the hammer.

To Load and Unload the Magazine

To load the magazine, press a shell, nose first, into the rear of the magazine against the magazine follower until the shellstops at the mouth of the magazine, snap out behind and retain the shell. Load another in the same way by pressing it against the base of the first shell loaded, until five in all are loaded. Loading should be done with breech bolt locked and hammer at half cock.

To unload the magazine, place hammer at half cock, press in the two shell stop plungers projecting through the walls of the receiver, and allow the shells to run out of the magazine. Inspect magazine to see that it is empty. Then retract action slide handle to eject shell in the chamber and inspect chamber and receiver to be sure gun is empty.

CAUTION: Never let hammer fully down when there is a live shell in the chamber. To release action slide lock, pull hammer back to full cock and, with fingers outside trigger guard, press lock release plunger pin and retract slide as directed above.

To Load and Unload the Gun

To load a shell from the magazine into the chamber, pull back hammer to full cock, press action slide lock release plunger pin, and reciprocate action slide as explained. Then let hammer down to half cock (safe) position. Another shell may then be loaded into the magazine.

To load the chamber only with magazine empty, retract action slide handle, place shell directly in chamber of barrel through ejection opening in receiver, lock breech bolt, and place hammer at half cock.

To unload the gun, place hammer at half cock, unload magazine; then place hammer at full cock, press action slide lock release plunger pin, and retract action slide

handle to extract and eject shell in chamber. Then inspect magazine and chamber to be sure gun is completely unloaded.

CAUTION: To let hammer down from full to half cock, hold hammer firmly with thumb, press trigger, and ease hammer down slightly beyond half cock position; then with pressure on trigger removed, pull hammer back until it definitely clicks into position at half cock before releasing. Release trigger as soon as hammer is released from full cock.

SMALL-ARMS SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

The following precautions should be taken in handling small arms:

1. On picking up a weapon, examine it to see that it is not loaded.

2. Never lay down a loaded weapon.

3. At target practice, never turn around on the firing line until the weapon has been unloaded and the bolt or slide locked open.

4. Never point a rifle or pistol at anyone you do not intend to shoot, nor in a direction where accidental discharge may do harm.

5. A pistol carried in a holster should be completely unloaded unless you are instructed otherwise by someone in authority. A loaded pistol should have the safety lock engaged and an empty chamber. 6. Never leave a patch, plug, or other obstruction in the muzzle or bore.

7. Never force any part into place if it does not function properly. Do not fire a malfunctioning

weapon.

8. Never grease or oil the ammunition. See that the ammunition is clean and dry. Do not expose it to the direct rays of the sun. Replace all defective ammunition.