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Post by schatten on Nov 20, 2021 18:21:44 GMT -5
I've been looking for information on how to take the Model G apart. I have seen the republication of the 110 year old catalog offered but am not sure it will have anything more than an exploded drawing. I'd like to ensure that I don't end up with an explosion of tiny parts scattering throughout my shop.
Is there any online guide or a readily accessible book that others have found useful?
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Post by hcompton79 on Nov 21, 2021 23:21:22 GMT -5
I have wanted to put together a video to detail how to disassemble these rifles for a while now, but have not had time to do so as of yet. As you have observed, there is not any other guide for disassembly of these rifles other than the factory provided parts drawings. I will invite you to check out my exploded parts chart, as it includes all of the parts in the gun (the factory drawings do not) in full color, and can be zoomed in on. i.imgur.com/9wLS05p.jpgThe main thing you will want to do is get the bolt out. This is slightly more involved than most guns in this design. You will find a dovetailed plate (17) behind the front sight, drift this out from left to right, underneath which will be a screw (16). Remove this screw, and you can then tap the gas tube (11) off the end of the barrel with a brass or plastic mallet. Once the gas tube is off you will expose the piston (12) with the recoil spring (18) wrapped around it. There is a screw slot on the end of the gas piston. It is necessary to unscrew the gas piston but be aware that the recoil spring is very strong and will shoot the gas piston into the ceiling if you are not careful. It would be advised to hold the spring back with a gloved hand while unscrewing the gas piston. Once you have the gas piston and spring out, getting to the bolt isn't so bad. The tube end plate (48), cover tube (43) and action handle (44) all lift off the front. Be aware that the action handle lever spring (46) will fall out once you remove the handle from the gun. Next, You need to stick a punch or screwdriver into the take-down behind the trigger guard and separate the upper (1) and lower receiver (19) sections. The bolt, cross head and connecting rods will all then fall out of the receiver. The bolt (54) can be removed from this assembly by flexing the connecting arms (49,50) slightly and they pivot off the cross piece (51) if necessary. This is probably as far as you need to go for general maintenance and cleaning. There aren't any small spring loaded pieces to go flying in this design. You probably don't need to disassemble the fire control group as the tricky bit there is re-aligning the sear and its spring during reassembly. The only thing I would caution you not to do is to remove the floorplate and follower assembly unless you plan on re-bluing the gun. It has a very stiff spring along with a pair of bushings that are a pain to get aligned during re-assembly. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to help you out.
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Post by schatten on Nov 22, 2021 0:35:12 GMT -5
Brilliant! First thing I've heard that seems remotely useful. I may try your procedure and take some pics in hopes that we can develop a guide here for others. I'm not able to rush to the shop this minute but I will certainly try your steps and let you know how things go. Many thanks!
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Post by schatten on Sept 23, 2022 10:58:21 GMT -5
Moving slow. I finally shot it. One round loaded and it ejected about 10 feet in front of me. Two rounds loaded, first shot ejected to ? and the bolt rode over the second round aster the bullet was on the feed ramp, jamming tightly. It looks like disassembly is the next step.
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