Aloha Cleever:
Welcome aboard. I don't know if it will help any, but I have some animations up on the top. Hawk got the "funnies" and put it under Animator of the year.
But there is one animation that does show what you are asking.
The "MAIN" thing to breaking your rifle down is unclamping your trigger group from the receiver.
In this example. In a sitting position (in a chair), place the rifle on your left thigh with the trigger facing to the right and the sights of the rifle on left side. Muzzle facing up!
Start by "unclamping" the trigger guard by pulling the trigger guard tail (downward) just a bit to pop it free. If it is very tight or hurts your fingers, a screwdriver, a paint can opener, or something very strong that will fit will do. You will see once it clears the trigger housing cutout, it will "pop" free.
Then the trigger guard should be pulled up so that it is facing directly to your left (pulled up 90 degrees of start). Then, the trigger group should be removed by pulling the trigger guard to your right, away from the receiver. Do not pull up further than 90 degrees on your trigger guard, it will damage your trigger guard, although it will be difficult to do so.
With the trigger group removed. Take a good look at how it looks and the camming surfaces of the trigger guard. This is what holds the receiver in place and tight in the stock. Put it off to the side.
Now if the receiver does NOT fall out of the stock and is tight, then take the rifle and point the muzzle to your left with the sights on the top and the butt stock pointing to your right.
Hold on to the rear sights (the knobs make a good handhold). With the sights in place and the rifle over your lap. "Spank" the top of the buttstock with the palm or edge of your hand. I found the farther towards the back, the easier it is to pop the receiver out of the stock.
When it dislodges, the receiver/barrel group can be removed. There is a lip at the front of the stock (front ferrule and front band) that the top half uses to "clam shell" the receiver group into the stock. Remove and see the relationship of the top half of the rifle and the stock.
Now you should have (3) groups to your rifle. The barrel/receiver (or top half), the rifle stock and the trigger group.
That is it!!! That is all to field stripping the rifle and this should get you up close and personal with the majority of areas that you will need to clean at least occasionally.
Can you damage your rifle by disassembling it this way? Yes, you can but it will be difficult and soldiers in the field did it all the time!
I hope this helps, and was not too confusing for such a simple process... but I wanted to be as clear as I could.
Please email me or call me if I can be of further help. BTW: Good books to buy is the Scott Duff and Kuhnhausen books! These have been super helpful to me.
Aloha, Best Wishes, Welcome Aboard and Good Luck!
Tom O.
Welcome aboard. I don't know if it will help any, but I have some animations up on the top. Hawk got the "funnies" and put it under Animator of the year.
But there is one animation that does show what you are asking.
The "MAIN" thing to breaking your rifle down is unclamping your trigger group from the receiver.
In this example. In a sitting position (in a chair), place the rifle on your left thigh with the trigger facing to the right and the sights of the rifle on left side. Muzzle facing up!
Start by "unclamping" the trigger guard by pulling the trigger guard tail (downward) just a bit to pop it free. If it is very tight or hurts your fingers, a screwdriver, a paint can opener, or something very strong that will fit will do. You will see once it clears the trigger housing cutout, it will "pop" free.
Then the trigger guard should be pulled up so that it is facing directly to your left (pulled up 90 degrees of start). Then, the trigger group should be removed by pulling the trigger guard to your right, away from the receiver. Do not pull up further than 90 degrees on your trigger guard, it will damage your trigger guard, although it will be difficult to do so.
With the trigger group removed. Take a good look at how it looks and the camming surfaces of the trigger guard. This is what holds the receiver in place and tight in the stock. Put it off to the side.
Now if the receiver does NOT fall out of the stock and is tight, then take the rifle and point the muzzle to your left with the sights on the top and the butt stock pointing to your right.
Hold on to the rear sights (the knobs make a good handhold). With the sights in place and the rifle over your lap. "Spank" the top of the buttstock with the palm or edge of your hand. I found the farther towards the back, the easier it is to pop the receiver out of the stock.
When it dislodges, the receiver/barrel group can be removed. There is a lip at the front of the stock (front ferrule and front band) that the top half uses to "clam shell" the receiver group into the stock. Remove and see the relationship of the top half of the rifle and the stock.
Now you should have (3) groups to your rifle. The barrel/receiver (or top half), the rifle stock and the trigger group.
That is it!!! That is all to field stripping the rifle and this should get you up close and personal with the majority of areas that you will need to clean at least occasionally.
Can you damage your rifle by disassembling it this way? Yes, you can but it will be difficult and soldiers in the field did it all the time!
I hope this helps, and was not too confusing for such a simple process... but I wanted to be as clear as I could.
Please email me or call me if I can be of further help. BTW: Good books to buy is the Scott Duff and Kuhnhausen books! These have been super helpful to me.
Aloha, Best Wishes, Welcome Aboard and Good Luck!
Tom O.
