Mechanical of the Colt 1903-08

Mechanical of the Colt 1903-08 explained

Field stripping of the Colt pocket "Hammerless"

- Interlocking of the receiver's rails with the slide inner grooves

- Barrel's ribs interlocking with the receiver's locking grooves

- The correct position of the slide

- Counterclockwise rotation of the barrel

- Barrel dimensions

- Recoil spring guide dimensions

- The recoil spring guide with internal plunger

Advanced dismounting of the slide

- Dismounting of the firing pin

- Plug threaded in the breech face

- Firing pins dimensions

- Dismounting of the extractor

- Extractor dimensions

- Dismounting of the slide forward plug

- Slide forward plug dimensions

- Rear and front sights dimensions

Advanced dismounting of the receiver (I)

- Dismounting of the grip plates

- Grip cross screw dimensions

- Release of the grip safety

- Dismounting of the safety lever

- Safety lever dimensions

- Dismounting of the hammer

- Dimensions of the hammer without safety notch

Advanced dismounting of the receiver (II)

- Dismounting of the grip safety

- Grip safety dimensions

- Main spring dimensions

- Dismounting of the sear spring and magazine catch

- Sear spring dimensions

- Magazine catch dimensions

Advanced dismounting of the receiver (III)

- Dismounting of the sear and disconnector

- Sear dimensions

- Disconnector dimensions

- Dismounting of the trigger

- Trigger dimensions

- Dismounting of the ejector

- Ejector dimensions

- Dismounting of the magazine safety

- Magazine safety dimensions

- Index of the parts

Functioning of the Colt pocket "Hammerless" (I)

- Stress on the barrel locking ribs

- Cartridge guide and ejector

- Early stage of the extraction

- Trigger's rear extension explained

Functioning of the Colt pocket "Hammerless" (II)

- Functioning of the trigger mechanism

- Hammer cocked and caught by the sear

- Trigger pulled and hammer released

- Ejector's truncated hole

- Disconnector's oscillation

- Disconnection upon firing and recoil

- Hammer cocked and trigger in disconnected status

Functioning of the Colt pocket "Hammerless" (III)

- Hammer and firing mechanism

- Early sear and hammer without safety notch

- Evolution of the sear's design

- Hammer lock at the safety notch in Colt .45 Model

- Purpose of the Colt pocket "hammerless" safety notch

- Grip safety functioning

Functioning of the Colt pocket "hammerless" (IV)

- The manual safety explained

- Active portion of the safety lever

- Early sear working with a hammer without safety notch

- Safety lever used as cocking indicator

- The magazine safety explained

- Tansley safety deactivated by the magazine

- Useful devices unavailable

Reassembly tips (I)

- Reinstalling the magazine safety

- Reinstalling the ejector

- Reinstalling the trigger

- Reinstalling the sear and disconnector

- Reinstalling the magazine catch

- Reinstalling the sear spring

- Reinstalling the grip safety and main spring

Reassembly tips (II)

- Locking of the sear in vertical position

- Reinstalling the hammer

- Reinstalling the grip safety pivot pin

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