The Gun digest book of automatic pistols assembly/disassembly

754 Pages·2007·56.73 MB·English

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This entry in J.B. Wood’s popular series covers 90 of the most often disassembled modern and
collectible autoloading pistol designs, plus 260 variations, using over 2,000 photos to illustrate the
disassembly/reassembly processes.
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Detailed photos show fi eld-stripping and disassembly steps in proper
order clearly illustrating the parts involved and the simple tools used
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Easy-to-understand text describes each step of disassembly and
reassembly for 90 different pistols – plus 260 closely-related models
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Ideal for all skill levels—novice to expert
No other book provides this kind of detailed photo-illustrated information for so many models
and variations.
About the Author
Guns, especially automatic pistols, have always been a part of J.B. Wood’s life; he began working
as a gunsmith over 50 years ago. Since 1962 he has had more than 1000 articles published in
Gun Digest®, Guns Illustrated and in most of the monthly gun magazines. He was Gunsmithing
Editor for Guns & Ammo magazine for eight years and for Shooting Times from 1982 to 1998.
He is a Contributing Editor to Combat Handguns and to Schweizer Waffen-Magazin of Zurich,
Switzerland. Wood is considered an international authority and has testifi ed as an expert witness
in many court cases involving fi rearms. In addition, he has done mechanical design and redesign
work for a number of domestic and foreign arms makers.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-89689-473-0
ISBN-10: 89689-473-8
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Dedication
The book is dedicated to my children—Lark Lynne,
Heather Lea, Ethan Allen, Nathan Hughes and Michael Paul.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank these people for their help in supplying some of
the guns used in this book, or other assistance.
John Yarger and Jim Yarger of Lock & Load Gun Shop, Glenn
Lancaster, Gene Wilson, W.M. Stoner, Tom Cook, Lowell Jacobs,
Gerlad White, Margie Case, Arch Lenighan, Thomas Hodge,
Jr. of Iver Johnson, Bob Angell of Sile, Robert Bonaventure of
Beretta, Eugene Sauls and John Leak of Sterling, Russ Moure
of Interarms, Al Baker of Galef, John Satterwhite and Jo Anne
Powers of Heckler & Koch, Kim Murphy of Colt, Frank Harris
and Don Dorr of Kahr Arms, George Colclough of Smith &
Wesson, Steve Kehaya and Scott Corrigan of Century Arms,
Charlie Crawford of CDNN Inc., Dan Chapman of Downsizer
Corporation, Jim Supica of Old Town Station, Cassandra Hamed
of Gun Parts Corporation, Bob Roskovich of Dominion Import
Group, Bert Stangler, Judith Wood, Cliff Bauman, Robert J.
Berger, Joseph J. Schroeder, Dave Shellenberg, Lt. Gary Paul
Johnston, Robert S.L. Anderson, Harold A. Murtz, Dennis
Reese of Springfi eld, Inc., Charles Brown and Kelly Walton of
Hi-Point, Larry Gilliam of Excel Industries, Charles Flint of
RG Industries, Brenda, Barbara and Steve of Fast Foto, Sherry
Green, and Larry Seecamp.
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4 : Contents
Contents
Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Browning Buck Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Browning BDA 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Browning BDA 380 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Browning Hi-Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Magazine Disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Colt Mustang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
AMT Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Colt 32 Pocket Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Accu-Tek XL-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Colt Woodsman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Astra Constable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Colt 1908 25 ACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Astra Cub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Colt 1911 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Astra Model 400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Colt Pony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Bauer Model 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Coonan Model B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Bayard Model 1908 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 CZ 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Benelli B76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 CZ 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Beretta 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 CZ Model 1950/Model 1970 . . . . . . 265
Beretta Model 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 CZ 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Beretta Model 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Desert Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Beretta Model 92S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Detonics Mark V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Beretta Model 418 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Dreyse Model 1907 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Beretta Model 950 BS . . . . . . . . . . . 112 F.I.E. Super Titan II . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Beretta Model 951 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 F.I.E. TZ 75 Series 88 . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Beretta Model 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 FN Model 1922 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Bernardelli “Baby” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 FTL Auto Nine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Bernardelli P. ONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 French Model 1935-A . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Bersa Model 383 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Galesi 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
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Glock 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Ruger Standard Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
H&R 32 Self-Loading . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Russian Tokarev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Heckler & Koch P-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Sauer 38H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
Heckler & Koch USP . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 Sauer 1913 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Hi-Point Model C9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Savage Model 1908 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
Hi-Standard Sharpshooter . . . . . . . . 408 Seecamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596
Interdynamic KG-99 . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 SIG/Sauer P-225 (P6) . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Iver Johnson X300 Pony . . . . . . . . . . 426 SIG/Sauer P230 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612
Kahr K9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Smith & Wesson 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
Lahti (Swedish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Smith & Wesson 459 . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
Le Francais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 Smith & Wesson 622 . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
Luger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Smith & Wesson 5906 . . . . . . . . . . . 645
MAB Model PA-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 Smith & Wesson Sigma . . . . . . . . . . 656
Makarov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 Smith & Wesson M&P . . . . . . . . . . . 664
Mauser HSc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 Springfi eld XD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
Mauser 1896 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 Star PD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
Mauser 1910/34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496 Steyr 1912 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
Nambu Type 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 Steyr GB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
Nambu Type 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 Walther Modell 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712
Ortgies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 Walther Model 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720
Radom P-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Walther P-38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726
Raven MP-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 Walther PPK/s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736
Röhm RG26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 Walther TPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741
Ruger P-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Cross Reference Index . . . . . . . . . . . 749
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6 : Introduction
Introduction
During the years I was Gunsmithing Editor There are elements in total takedown
for two monthly magazines, one of the most that require, in many cases, the special
frequently asked questions by readers was, tools and skills of the gunsmith. The very
“How do I take it apart?” When the limited knowledgeable amateur may be able to
space of column answer permitted, I gave the detail-strip certain guns to the last pin, spring
routine takedown steps. and screw, but some mechanical aptitude is
necessary. This book is designed for both
In many cases, I had to tell the readers that
the average gun person and the professional.
nothing had been published on his particular
While it covers routine fi eld-stripping, it also
piece. Occasionally, I recommended that the
covers complete takedown and reassembly.
reader try to obtain an instruction booklet
from the manufacturer or importer, but this For simple takedown, the tools needed
was not always the best answer. In the case of will seldom be more than screwdrivers of the
some imported guns, the direct-translation was proper size. Complete takedown will often
somewhat humorous to read, or was of little require several tools, some of which are not
help in actual disassembly and reassembly. available at the corner hardware store. For
In the case of guns no longer made, the this reason, I am including a section on tools,
instruction sheets are often valuable collector as well as a list of sources for some of the
items and are not readily obtainable. specialized items.
Obviously, something was needed in this There are a few general rules to be observed
area—a book that would cover takedown in the takedown of any gun. An occasional
and reassembly of most of the modern guns, rap with a plastic mallet may be necessary to
a number of older ones, and some of the free a tight assembly, but for the most part, no
tricky aspects of the more well-known pieces. force should be used. Never pry; always wear
This is the idea behind the book you have in safety glasses as compressed springs can be
your hands. In other volumes in this series, dangerous. Never take a gun down outdoors,
revolvers, rifl es and shotguns are also covered. over tall grass, or indoors over a shag carpet.
Read the instructions through, at least once,
In the area of reassembly, many of the
before you begin.
published instructions end with the words,
“Reassemble in reverse order.” In most cases, I assume a certain basic intelligence in the
this may be the only instruction needed and reader, and will not start each set of takedown
nothing more will be said here. In others, directions with the repeated advice that the
though, this procedure is insuffi cient. In this gun must be entirely unloaded. Before you
book, reassembly directions will seldom be start the takedown of any gun make a thorough
visual check to be sure it’s empty. Check all
reduced to a single line in order to avoid an
chambers in a revolver, and the magazine and
embarrassing trip to the gunsmith carrying
chamber in an automatic pistol to be sure they
a box full of parts. I am confi dent that the
are empty. In this area, any mistakes could be
reassembly tips given are clear enough to
very hazardous to your health, so be certain.
permit the easy reassembly of all the guns
covered. The tips do not include each and every An important addition to the back of this
step along the way—only the more complicated book is a comprehensive index and cross-
ones. You shouldn’t have any trouble. reference list, linking all of the pistols covered
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A Note on Reassembly : 7
here to guns of similar or identical pattern. An excellent companion to this book are
When these are included in the count, the the GUN DIGEST® BOOK OF EXPLODED GUN
instructions in this book can be used for the DRAWINGS, available from Krause Publications.
takedown and reassembly of 346 some pistols. This hefty book clearly shows parts
relationships as well as factory part numbers
Small mechanical variations are noted on
for nearly 1,000 modern and collector’s
the data page for each pistol, in cases that
handguns and long guns.
would cause no takedown or reassembly
diffi culty. If the difference involves a more J.B. Wood
complicated procedure, then a separate Raintree House
sequence of photos and instructions is Corydon, Kentucky
included. September, 2007
A Note on Reassembly
Most of the pistols covered in this book can be reassembled by
simply reversing the order of disassembly, carefully replacing the parts
in the same manner they were removed. In a few instances, special
instructions are required, and these are listed with each gun under
“Reassembly Tips.” In certain cases, reassembly photos are also provided.
If there are no special instructions or photos with a particular gun,
you may assume that it can just be reassembled in reverse order. During
disassembly, note the relationship of all parts and springs, and lay them
out on the workbench in the order they were removed. By following this
procedure you should have no diffi culty.
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8 : Tools
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Countless fi rearms, old and new, bear the marks, burrs and gouges that are the result of
using the wrong tools for taking them apart. In the interest of preventing this sort of thing, I
am including here a group of tools that are the best types for the disassembly of automatic
pistols. Except for the few shop-made tools for special purposes, all of those shown here
are available from one of these three sources.
Brownells, Inc. Midway USA
200 South Front Street 5875 West Van Horn Tavern Road
Montezuma, IA 50171 Columbia, MO 65203
B-Square Company Williams Gun Sight Company
8909 Forum Way 7389 Lapeer Road
Ft. Worth, TX 76140 Davison, MI 48423
General Instructions:
Screwdrivers: Always be sure the blade of the screwdriver together during reassembly. The slave pin must be very
exactly fi ts the slot in the screw head, both in thickness slightly smaller in diameter than the hole in the part, so it
and in width. If you don’t have one that fi ts, grind or fi le will push out easily as the original pin is driven in to retain
the top until it does. You may ruin a few screwdrivers but the part. When making the slave pin, its length should
better them than the screws on a fi ne rifl e. be slightly less than the width of the part in which it is
being used, and the ends of the pin should be rounded
Slave pins: There are several references in this book to
or beveled.
slave pins, and some non-gunsmith readers may not be
familiar with the term. A slave pin is simply a short length Sights: Nearly all dovetail-mounted sights are drifted out
of rod stock (in some cases, a section of a nail will do) toward the right, using a nylon, aluminum, or brass drift
which is used to keep two parts, or a part and a spring, punch.
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4. For heavier gripping, these Bernard parallel-jaw
1. The tiniest of these fi ne German instrument
pliers from Brownells have smooth-faced jaw-
screwdrivers from Brownells is too small for most
pieces of unhardened steel to prevent marring of
gun work, but you’ll see the rest of them used
parts.
frequently throughout the book. There are many
tight places where these will come in handy.
5. For situations where a non-marring rap is needed,
this hammer from Brownells is ideal. It is shown
2. When a larger screwdriver is needed, this set from with nylon faces on the head, but other faces of
Brownells covers a wide range of blade sizes and plastic and brass are also available. All are easily
also has Phillips- and Allen-type inserts. The tips replaceable.
are held in place by a strong magnet, yet are easily
changed. These tips are very hard. With enough
force you might manage to break one, but they’ll
never bend.
3. You should have at least one good pair of bent 6. For drifting out pins, these small all-metal hammers
sharp-nosed pliers. These, from Brownells, have a from B-Square are the best I’ve seen. Two sizes
box joint and smooth inner faces to help prevent (weights) are available and they’re well worth the
marring. modest cost.
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