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Steyr model 1912 Field Stripping   To field strip the pistol, clear the magazine and chamber. Then depress the serrated end of the wedge spring, and push the wedge (2) out of the slide (4) and receiver (30). Pull the slide all the way back and lift it off the receiver. The barrel (10) can then be removed. In reassembly, the barrel must be positioned so the locking lugs are to the right. For further disassembly, lower the hammer (8), and remove any dirt from the slotted pin part of the safety so that it points forward, and use a punch or small screwdriver to push it to the left out of the receiver. Unscrew the hammer screw (18), and remove the hammer. Use a screwdriver to compress the upper rear of the recoil spring retainer (11), and push the retainer out forward. Then remove the recoil spring (13) and recoil spring caps (12) (14). Slightly depress the ejector and disconnector (9), and use a small screwdriver to gently pry out the trigger bar (7). Then lift out the ejector and disconnector. Turn out the grip and floorplate screw (22), slide the grips (21) and (31) out of the receiver, and remove the floorplate (23) with attached spring, and magazine spring (28), and magazine follower (27). Depress the cartridge release spring (20), turn it forward a quarter turn, and lift from receiver. Also remove the trigger pin (16) and removing the trigger (15) completes disassembly of the receiver group. Place a screwdriver on the upper front of the extractor (3), and push down and forward. After the extractor is pushed forward, lift it at the rear to free the firing pin (6), and remove the firing pin and firing pin spring (5). Use a needle-nose plier (one with bent jaws is preferable) to compress the extractor limbs at at the front. Then push the extractor hook upward with a brass punch or rod, and force the extractor rearward out of the slide. An aid in doing this is to put a pin or nail through the hole in the extractor to provide a finger grip.