Beretta
34 Assembly
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Before attempting to field strip gun, remove magazine (18) and retract slide (1) to clear chamber. If magazine is empty and slide open, a good deal of force will be necessary to remove the magazine because slide pressure tends to hold magazine in. |
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To remove barrel, rotate safety catch (30) to safe position and pull slide back as far as it will go. The safety catch will snap into hold-open notch on the slide. Push back or tap muzzle of barrel to free it from receiver grooves. |
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After barrel (36) is free of receses in receiver, push it up and out, through open portion of slide as shown. Next, hold slide and release safety catch (30). Ease slide assembly off front of receiver (33) |
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To prevent magazine being held in by slide, grind back edge of follower to a slight radius, removing sharp shoulder that holds slide open after last shot. Remove follower before grinding by depressing button on magazine floorplate. At same time, slide plate off to front. |
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In general, the gun is simple to strip - it is merely a case of driving out retaining pins. When it comes to replacing trigger bar (24), the simple tool shown above will hold trigger spring plunger (25) depressed while trigger bar is pinned back into place. |
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After replacing sear lever (120), hammer (10) can be easily lined up with hole in receiver (33) if hammer strut down from hammer opening. Use a screwdriver or piece of brass to hold it down, as shown, until hammer is pinned into place |