dfariswheel
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Put the hammer on FULL cock, open the lever slightly.
Make sure the disassembly screw is backed out until it's disengaged from the left receiver half.
Older models have a collar on the screw to prevent it from coming all the way out of the rifle, and if it comes unscrewed, it can interfere with disassembly.
The hand guard can't interfere with disassembly.
You'll probably be sorry you took the fore end cap screws out. Of all the gunsmithing jobs, getting those two little screws back in without cross-threading them is one of the worst.
The cap doesn't want to fit back in place and the screws are extremely difficult to get back in straight and not cross-threaded.
To further disassemble now that you've started:
Push out the tiny pin that holds the outer magazine tube to the front ferrule and pull the magazine tube out of the rifle.
Pull the fore end down slightly at the front, and pull it forward and off the receiver.
Make sure the disassembly screw is backed out until it's disengaged from the left receiver half.
Older models have a collar on the screw to prevent it from coming all the way out of the rifle, and if it comes unscrewed, it can interfere with disassembly.
The hand guard can't interfere with disassembly.
You'll probably be sorry you took the fore end cap screws out. Of all the gunsmithing jobs, getting those two little screws back in without cross-threading them is one of the worst.
The cap doesn't want to fit back in place and the screws are extremely difficult to get back in straight and not cross-threaded.
To further disassemble now that you've started:
Push out the tiny pin that holds the outer magazine tube to the front ferrule and pull the magazine tube out of the rifle.
Pull the fore end down slightly at the front, and pull it forward and off the receiver.