DIRECTIONS FOR TAKING APART AND ASSEMBLING
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REMINGTON BREECH – LOADING RIFLE,
CARBINE AND PISTOL
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To Remove the Breech-Piece and Hammer.
Loosen the Button Screw until the bottom can be removed from the heads of the Breech and Hammer Pins. Cock the Hammer, push out the Breech-pin, take out the Breech-piece, let down the Hammer as far as it will go (which leaves the Main-spring resting upon a stationary pin and obviates the necessity of using a Main-spring vice in readjusting the parts). Remove the Hammer-pin and take out the Hammer.
To Replace the Hammer and Breech-Piece.
Lay the arm down on the right side, press upon the trigger, at the same time replacing the Hammer with the thumb-piece forward and downward until the hole in the Hammer and Receiver correspond. Replace the Hammer-pin, cock the Hammer, replace the Breech-piece, insert Breech-pin in receiver, and by pressing on the pin, at the same time pressing down the Breech-piece and working it back and forth slightly, the pin will enter. Adjust the Button and tighten the Button screw.
To Take the Entire Arm Apart.
Take out Extractor screw, open the Breech, remove the Extractor, take out Breech-piece and Hammer as above described. Remove the Wiping-rod by unscrewing the ???me, remove the bands, separate the Tip-stock from the Barrel at the muzzle until it is liberated from the stud upon the under side of the Barrel, when it may be withdrawn from the Receiver; take out the Tang screw, remove Butt-stock. To deatch the Guard-strap, take out the two side screws which pass through the Guard-strap always removing the rear screw first. Unscrew the Barrel from the Receiver, taking care that the Extractor has been removed before unscrewing the Barrel.
To Assemble the Arm.
Screw the Barrel in the Receiver until the mark on top of the Barrel and Receiver correspond. Replace the Extraco and Screw, place the forward end of the Guard-strap in the Receiver, putting in the Screw. See that the Mainspring is in thecenter of the guard-strap. Press the rear end in until the screw will enter. Replace Hamemr and Breech-piece as previously described. Replace Butt-stock and Tip. In putting on the Bands seethat the letters upon them are on the same side with the Band-springs. Replace the Swiping-rod by screwing it in.
Note.— The Locking-lever attached to the Guard-strap serves a double purpose; one end locking the Sear or Trigger when the breech is open to receive the cartridge, which effectually prevents accidental discharge, the other end wworking in a grove on the under side of the Breech-piece, serving to close the Breech-piece and keep it closed in the act of firing.
(above copied from an original Remington document that appears to date from to date from the 1870's)