U.S. M-1 Carbine Takedown Guide

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U . S .M - l C a r b i n e
hkedown Guide
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1 Barrel 30 Magazine Follower Spring
2Bolt 31 Oiler
3 Buttplate 32 Oiler Tube
4 Bu@late Screw s (2) 33 Oiler Tube Washer
5 Ejecto 34 Operating Sli&
6 Ejector Spring 35 Operating Slide Sprmg
7 Extractor 36 Operating Sli& Spring Guide
8 Extractor Plunger Spring 37 Operating Slide Stop
9 Extractor Spring Plunger 38 Operating Slide Stop Spring
10 Firing Pin 39 Piston Make sure the gun is
1 1 Front Band 40Pistq Nut
12 Front Band [-ock Spring 41 Rear Sight entirely unloaded before
13 Front Band Screw 42 Rear Sight Ieaf
l4Front SighJ 43 Rear Sight baf Pin starting the disassembly;
I 5 Front Sight Key zl4 Rear Sight Iraf Spring
16 Front Sight Pin 45 Receiver visually check somer ounds
17 Gas Cylinder 46 Recoil Plate
1E }lamrner 4? Rccoil Platc Screw can hide.
19 Hamirer Pin 48 Recoil Plate Escutcheon
20 }lamrner Spring 49 Safety
21 Hamrner Sping Rod 50 Safety Plunger
22 Handguard 5l Safety Plunger Spring Read every instruction
23Ma".azire 52 Ser
24Magazine Brcplate 53 Scar Spring carefully using the picture
25 Magazine Catch 54 Stock
26 Magrzine Catch Plunger 55 Triggcr only as a reference.
21 Megrzine Catch Retainer 56 Tngger Housing
28 Magazine Catch Spiing 57 Trigger Housing Rctaining Pin
29 Magazine Follwer 58 Trigger Pin RADOCY
59 Trigger Spring
1 8003 56 4759
1. Remove the magazine,a nd cycle the action to
cock the intemal hammer. Loosen the front band
screw in the lower flanges of the barrel band.
2. Depresst he barrel
band lock spring,l ocated
on the right side, and
slide the banda ndb ayo-
net mount unit toward
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the front. The barrel
band lock spring
shouldo nly be re-
moved for repairs:
therei s an accessh ole
on the opposites idet o drift it out.
3. Moue the upper handguardw ood forward, and lift it
off.
4. Tip thea ctionu p-
warda t the front, un-
hookingi ts rearl ug,
andl ift it out of the
stock.
5. Backingo ut the screwi n the tail of the recoil platew ill
allow removalo f thep lateu pward.
6. Pusho ut the crossp in at the front of the trigger housing,m ove
the housingf orward. out of its slotsa t the rear,a nd remove it down-
ward.
7. Caution: Thes pringi s unclerh eavyt ension,s o control it
as it is removed.R estraint he hammer,p ull the trigger, and
easet he hammerd own to the fired position. Insert a drift
punch throught he hole in the front of the hammer spring rod,
move the rod toward the rear,a nd lift it out of the seati n the
hammer.
8. Take out the hammerp ivot pin(towardt he right), and re-
movet heh ammeru pward.
9. Inserta smallt ool at ther earo f thet riggerh ousing,a nd
gentlyp ull thet riggers pringt owardt her earu ntil it stops,
abouta sf ar ass hown.
10. Restraint he sear,i nsidet he trigger hous-
ing, and pusho ut the trigger pin toward either
side. Removet he sear,s ears pring,a nd trig-
ger upward. The seara nd its spring are easily
detachedf rom the top of the trigger.
11. After the trigger is removed,
the trigger springc an be move
forward out of its well at the rear
of theh ousinga ndt akeno ut. This springi s undert ension,
whenp ushingi t backi nto thet riggerh ousingu nit retaini t or
it will be 10st.
The magazinec atchhasa plungera nd spring on the right side of the trigger guard. The
catch alsoh as a retainingp lungera nd springb ehindi t. This retainingp lunger and springh as
a plunger on the back of it which holds the safety. Read over the stepst o disassemblingt he
magazinec atcha nd safteyb eforeb eginning.
12. Insert a small screwdriveri nto the
hole on the undersideo f the trigger
housing,b elow the magazinec atch,
and pusht he catchr etainingp lunger
toward the rear,h olding it therew hile
moving the catcho ut toward the right.
Releaseth et ensions lowlyo n ther etaining
springa ndp lunger.
13. Remove the magazinec atch plunger and spring
out.
14. Removeth er etainingp lungera nd
spring(thes prings houldh avea plunger
on bothe nds.T het wo plungersa re
identicala, ndn eedn ot be kept sepa-
rated.
15. Removet he safetyc atcht oward the right.
16. Grip the action slide spring and its guide rod firmly, just behind
its front tip, and move it just far enought oward the rear to disengage
its front stud from the recesso n the back of the action slide. Tip the
rod and spring away from the slide,a nd slowly easet he tension,
removing them toward the front.
17. Move the actions lide
toward the rear until its inner
projectiono n the left side is
alignedw ith the exit cut in the
barrel groove. Turn the slide
toward the left and downward,
disengagingth e inner projec-
tion from the groove. At the samet ime, the rear lug of the cock-
ing handlew ill be alignedw ith its exit cut in the receivert rack,
and the action slide canb e removed.
18. Move the bolt forward
and lift its right lug upward
and toward the right. Rotatet he bolt, and removei t
upward andf orward.
Disassemblyo f the bolt is easieri f a
specialm ilitary tool is used,b ut can be
donew ithout it. Read steps 19 & 20
beforeb eginning disassembly.A ll re-
Intedp arts held by the extractor are
shown to the right.
19. Depresst he extractorp lunger and spring while lifting
the extractoro ut. The extractorh as a post that goesa ll the
way thought he bolt and will releaset he ejectora nd its spring.
20. Wtrile the extractori s being lifted out, depresso n the ejectora nd
releasei t slowly ast he extractorp ost is lifting out. Removet he ejectora nd
firing pin from the bolt.
21. Removeo nly for repairs:T herei s a militaryt ool for the gas
pistona lso. If you do not havet hep ropert ool,t hen ut canb e dam-
aged. Use caution. Unscrewt he nut and remove
the piston toward the rear.
22. Thef ront sightc anb e removedb y drifting out
its crossp in, andu singa nonm arringp uncht o nudgei t off towardt hef ront .
Whent he sighti s takeno ff, be suret he smallk ey insidei s not lost. The
barrelb andu nit canb e takeno ff aftert he sighti s removed.
ReassemblTyi ps:
Bolt: Hold the firing pin and ejectori n placew ith a drift of the proper size from the bottom
of the bolt and retain the extractorp lungera nd springa nd then push the extractort hough,
carefully. It shoulds lide easily in place,d o not force.
During replacemento f the action slide,p osition the bolt
as shown,t hen bring the slide onto the bolt lug and move
it into place in its track. If it is properly replaced,t he bolt
and slide handle will operatew ith ease.
lnsert the trigger spring from the front and push it back to the temporary
rearp osition ( as showni n step# 9). After the trigger/searu nit is in-
stalled,m ove the spring back toward the front, lifting its forward end to
drop into the groove at the upper rear of the trigger.