Post by rmh on Nov 30, 2008 16:59:34 GMT -5
From "The American Rifle" by Townsend Whelen, published by Stackpole Books in 1918. This book can be accessed at books.google.com/books?id=7vBCAAAAIAAJ
These are the same Winchester factory instructions printed in the original sales, parts catalogues, and manuals.
One tool I've found useful for removing the forearm tip nut is the standard WinChoke spanner wrench.
Because of the auto-censorship feature of the forum, subsistute a rooster synonym for "thingy"
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISMOUNTING AND ASSEMBLING THE WINCHESTER
SELF-LOADING RIFLES, MODELS 1905, 1907 AND 1910
To dismount parts attached to the receiver.
thingy hammer, release and unscrew take-down screw, take gun apart. Note that all pins are driven from to right. Remove forearm tip nut. Draw forearm tip with operating sleeve forward. Draw forearm forward, unscrew bolt guide rod and draw it out of bolt. Remove bolt spring. Do not remove washer and buffer. Retract bolt to rear of receiver, lift forward end away from barrel and remove. Ejector is permanently fixed in receiver and can be removed only by unscrewing barrel from receiver. This should not be done. To remove extractor, take out extractor plunger stop screw, insert thin instrument, such as a knife blade, between extractor and extractor plunger, retract extractor' plunger to fullest possible extent, then extractor may be lifted out.
Remove extractor plunger and spring. To remove firing pin, drive out firing pin stop pin from below, withdraw firing pin and firing pin spring.
To assemble parts attached to the receiver.
When replacing firing pin, drive firing pin stop pin in from above with flat end of pin down, so that crowned end is below top surface of bolt. To replace extractor, insert extractor spring and plunger, and retain plunger in its retired position by means of pin or other small article, pressing on its forward end through extractor slot. Insert extractor until it rests upon the pin which is maintaining extractor plunger in retired position. Withdraw pin and push extractor down into its original position. Replace extractor plunger stop screw. When replacing bolt – in case washer and buffer have been removed – insert steel washer on top of buffer. The operating sleeve spring must be compressed in operating sleeve, and retained in this position while assembling, by a pin through hole in side of operating sleeve. Assemble other parts contained in receiver in reverse order from that in which they were dismounted.
To dismount parts attached to the guard.
Press magazine lock inward and withdraw magazine. Remove butt plate, unscrew butt stock bolt and take off butt stock. To remove hammer, remove timing lever spring screw and spring, drive hammer pin part way out and remove timing lever. With thumb resting on face of hammer, pull trigger, allowing hammer to assume forward position; drive hammer pin out. To remove sear and trigger, drive out trigger pin, remove the sear, sear spring and trigger, push trigger spring forward and out from rear. To remove trigger lock, insert pin or other small article through hole in trigger lock, press trigger lock plunger downward, and at the same time push trigger lock out from right to left. Remove trigger lock plunger and spring. To remove take-down screw and take-down screw lock, drive out stop pin in shank of take-down screw, and remove take-down screw. Remove take-down screw lock by pushing it forward and upward from rear of guard. Remove magazine lock screw, magazine lock, and magazine lock spring. Assemble in reverse order. Note that trigger lock is assembled with letter L down and on right hand side of gun.
To dismount the magazine.
Raise up front end of follower and pull it clear of magazine.
To assemble the magazine.
Replace spring with large portion down, and with cut-off end toward rear. Place follower on spring with end hooked over stud underneath. Press follower down and slide it under lips of magazine.
To take down the gun.
thingy the gun by pushing in the operating sleeve. Press down the take-down screw lock, found under the takedown screw, located at the rear of the receiver, and turn the takedown screw to the left until it is free from the receiver. Draw the barrel and forearm directly forward. In cleaning the barrel, retract the bolt by pushing back the operating sleeve and lock it in that position by turning the tip either to the right or left.
These are the same Winchester factory instructions printed in the original sales, parts catalogues, and manuals.
One tool I've found useful for removing the forearm tip nut is the standard WinChoke spanner wrench.
Because of the auto-censorship feature of the forum, subsistute a rooster synonym for "thingy"
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISMOUNTING AND ASSEMBLING THE WINCHESTER
SELF-LOADING RIFLES, MODELS 1905, 1907 AND 1910
To dismount parts attached to the receiver.
thingy hammer, release and unscrew take-down screw, take gun apart. Note that all pins are driven from to right. Remove forearm tip nut. Draw forearm tip with operating sleeve forward. Draw forearm forward, unscrew bolt guide rod and draw it out of bolt. Remove bolt spring. Do not remove washer and buffer. Retract bolt to rear of receiver, lift forward end away from barrel and remove. Ejector is permanently fixed in receiver and can be removed only by unscrewing barrel from receiver. This should not be done. To remove extractor, take out extractor plunger stop screw, insert thin instrument, such as a knife blade, between extractor and extractor plunger, retract extractor' plunger to fullest possible extent, then extractor may be lifted out.
Remove extractor plunger and spring. To remove firing pin, drive out firing pin stop pin from below, withdraw firing pin and firing pin spring.
To assemble parts attached to the receiver.
When replacing firing pin, drive firing pin stop pin in from above with flat end of pin down, so that crowned end is below top surface of bolt. To replace extractor, insert extractor spring and plunger, and retain plunger in its retired position by means of pin or other small article, pressing on its forward end through extractor slot. Insert extractor until it rests upon the pin which is maintaining extractor plunger in retired position. Withdraw pin and push extractor down into its original position. Replace extractor plunger stop screw. When replacing bolt – in case washer and buffer have been removed – insert steel washer on top of buffer. The operating sleeve spring must be compressed in operating sleeve, and retained in this position while assembling, by a pin through hole in side of operating sleeve. Assemble other parts contained in receiver in reverse order from that in which they were dismounted.
To dismount parts attached to the guard.
Press magazine lock inward and withdraw magazine. Remove butt plate, unscrew butt stock bolt and take off butt stock. To remove hammer, remove timing lever spring screw and spring, drive hammer pin part way out and remove timing lever. With thumb resting on face of hammer, pull trigger, allowing hammer to assume forward position; drive hammer pin out. To remove sear and trigger, drive out trigger pin, remove the sear, sear spring and trigger, push trigger spring forward and out from rear. To remove trigger lock, insert pin or other small article through hole in trigger lock, press trigger lock plunger downward, and at the same time push trigger lock out from right to left. Remove trigger lock plunger and spring. To remove take-down screw and take-down screw lock, drive out stop pin in shank of take-down screw, and remove take-down screw. Remove take-down screw lock by pushing it forward and upward from rear of guard. Remove magazine lock screw, magazine lock, and magazine lock spring. Assemble in reverse order. Note that trigger lock is assembled with letter L down and on right hand side of gun.
To dismount the magazine.
Raise up front end of follower and pull it clear of magazine.
To assemble the magazine.
Replace spring with large portion down, and with cut-off end toward rear. Place follower on spring with end hooked over stud underneath. Press follower down and slide it under lips of magazine.
To take down the gun.
thingy the gun by pushing in the operating sleeve. Press down the take-down screw lock, found under the takedown screw, located at the rear of the receiver, and turn the takedown screw to the left until it is free from the receiver. Draw the barrel and forearm directly forward. In cleaning the barrel, retract the bolt by pushing back the operating sleeve and lock it in that position by turning the tip either to the right or left.