Matchmaster Reassembly 1
(with two-part recoil-spring guide system)
Turn slide upside down. Flip barrel link toward the muzzle and ease barrel into the slide until it seats on the locking lugs in the top of the slide.
Flip barrel link to the rear.
Insert the guide rod base, making sure that the "ears" on the guide rod are properly seated against the barrel.
Flip barrel link to upright position.
Thread the recoil spring onto the guide rod base from the front of the slide.
Align the grooves in the receiver with the lugs on the slide and press them together until the barrel link hole visible through the hole for the slide stop. Insert the slide stop.
NOTE: Do not try to align the barrel link, the disassembly notch and the top of the slide stop all at the same time. Align the link first, insert the slide stop shaft, and then rotate the slide stop upward until it aligns with the disassembly notch.
Move the slide forward until it lines up flush with the muzzle. Place the recoil spring cap on the recoil spring.
With the pistol braced firmly on a padded surface (a carpet scrap works nicely), compress the spring into the slide while holding the slide in place and keeping the barrel bushing ready. An extra hand is helpful but not absolutely necessary.
Use the base of
Press the front section of the two-part guide 1
rod into the pistol, taking care not to kink or crush
Press the front section of the two-part guide 1
rod into the pistol, taking care not to kink or crush
Move the slide to the rear until the slide stop lines up with the slide stop notch.
Then depress the slide stop and ease the slide forward into batterv. Lower the hammer.
MATCHMASTER
One-piece guide rod, undrilled
(For Matchmasters manufactured before 1995).
Remove magazine and check to make sure pistol is unloaded.
Cock the hammer and position the pistol on a clean, padded solid surface (a scrap of carpet is excellent). Since all parts are under spring tension, DO NOT point the front of the pistol at your face or someone else's face \ ^ during disassembly and reassembly.
Depress the recoil spring cap using the bottom of the magazine works well. A barrel bushing wrench (available at your local sporting goods store) is better.
While holding recoil spring cap down, rotate barrel bushing clockwise. Control the recoil spring cap. It is under great pressure from the spring.
Ease the recoil spring cap out. Remove the recoil spring.
Move slide back until take-down notch is above slide stop tab.
Remove slide stop.
Remove slide (top end) by sliding forward off the frame.
Remove recoil guide end and spring from underside of slide/barrel.
Flip barrel link forward toward muzzle and remove barrel by pulling it out of the muzzle end of the slide.
Clean and lubricate, and reassemble by following the instructions on the next page.
When re-assembling, make sure barrel link is flipped back (away from muzzle) before inserting slide stop. Make certain you can see the barrel link hole through the slide stop opening.
Clean and lubricate using:
a stainless or polished steel cleaning rod (avoid using an aluminum or wooden rod - they can collect abrasive residue);
a brass bore brush which threads onto the cleaning rod; a supply of patches (ready-made, or cut out of cotton or flannel rags) and several rags; an old towel or carpet scrap for your working surface; an old toothbrush or a brass-bristled parts brush; and "CLP" or suitable gun oil.
Swab the bore (inside of the barrel) by pushing a dry patch through it with the cleaning rod, always entering from the rear, The first pass will push out loose fouling. Then, using a clean patch damped with "CLP", do the same thing again. DO NOT allow the rod to scrape the edges as it passes through the bore. If you damage the rifling, the pistol's accuracy will be affected.
Let the "CLP" work on the bore deposits while you use a rag dampened with more "CLP" and scrub and wipe off the inside of the slide (especially around the breech and the locking lugs - the lugs on the inside of the slide that match up to the indentations on the barrel), the outside of the barrel, and the slide stop.
Wipe off the black residue on the face of the breech around the firing pin hole and under the hook of the extractor. Wipe off any residue on the barrel bushing and recoil spring guide as well. Wipe off any excess oil. After the "CLP" has had a chance to loosen the deposits in the bore, run a dry patch through the barrel, use a
bore brush if necessary, and follow it with a patch soaked in CLP, followed bv another dry patch.
With a quality lubricant designed for stainless steel (such as FP-10, Energy Release, etc.), put a few drops on the running, or friction surfaces in the slide i.e., where the barrel rides, the slide rail surfaces where they match the frame, and on the disconnector ramp. These areas usually show wear and shiny patches. NEVER squirt oil into the frame.
Do not over-oil. It can be detrimental to the proper function of the pistol.
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