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Browning Cal. .25 Auto Field Stripping   Disassembly Procedure    Pull back magazine latch (10) and remove magazine (13) from butt. Draw slide (17) back and check chamber to be sure pistol is unloaded. Replace empty magazine and pull trigger to uncock action. Remove magazine.    Draw slide to rear until forward nose of safety (8) can be pressed up into front notch of slide, holding slide to rear. Turn barrel (21) 1/3 turn clockwise, push down on safety, and release slide from receiver to front.    Remove recoil spring assembly (25) from receiver. Turn barrel 1/3 turn counterclockwise and withdraw it from front end of slide (17). Firing pin (22), firing pi8n spring (23), and cocking indicator assembly (24) may be removed from rear of slide. Extractor (18) and extractor spring may be removed by drifting out extractor pin (19). Reassemble in reverse. To separate slide (17) form receiver (1), pull slide back until forward nose of safety (8) can be pressed up into front notch of slide (17) as shown at "A", holding slide to rear. Turn barrel (21) 1/3 turn clockwise to unlock it from receiver, Push down off receiver. In reassembling pistol, replace barrel so that its ribs enter corresponding grooves in slide. Replace recoil spring assembly (25) in receiver and firing pin (22), spring (23), and cocking indicator assembly (24) in rear of slide. Replace slide on receiver so its lugs engage grooves in receiver. Be sure that rear of cocking indicator assembly (24) is seated against spur projecting upward from rear of receiver as shown at "B". Push slide rearward until forward nose of safety can be pressed up into front notch of slide. Turn barrel 1/3 turn counterclockwise, locking it in receiver. Disengage safety, release slide, and replace magazine, completing reassembly