1908 hammerless...

[Steelharp]

Ok... so just how do you field strip an old 1908 Colt .380 hammerless?

 

[Sistema1927]

Go here. Select your model from the dropdown. Click on the PDF. Page 4 of the PDF is what you are looking for. There is also a detailed disassembly link on the main page as well.

 

[Steelharp]

Says it's a password protected document; I couldn't open it...

Thanks, though...

 

[Prof. A. Wickwire]

Steelharp,

The password is "coltautos.com"

Good instructions for a basic field strip.

Sincerely,

Prof. A. Wickwire

 

[Jim K]

I STRONGLY recommend you stop with field stripping. Detail stripping should NEVER be done unless absolutely necessary. Believe me, those hammerless models come apart easy and go together damned hard. They rarely fail, and almost never break; the major cause of breakage is detail stripping and then bungling attempts to get the gun back together. Shoot it or collect it, enjoy it, but leave it together.

Jim

 

[Old Fuff]

Plus One....

Field strip the pistol and then clean the slide and frame assemblies (remove the grips first) in a solvent bath. A good soak and compressed air hose will finish the job.

Folks used to bring me those in a bag after they couldn't get them back together. My charge for this less-then-happy task was enough to keep them from doing it a second time...

 

[Onmilo]

LOL.
Personally I am a big fan of slave pins and cup tip punches guys.
I think the Beretta 92 and the H&K USP pistols are even harder to take apart and get back together but have to agree that if you don't do this stuff for wages don't get involved in taking any Colt hammerless completely apart.

 

[Steelharp]

Thanks! Man, those schematics... looks like a pretty complicated piece of machinery, really...

 

[Jim K]

I used to hang out with some budding young auto hobbyists. They liked to tear engines apart. Sometimes they even got one back together without having too many parts left over. Great hobby, good clean fun (well, scratch the "clean"), but I had to give many a lift to guys who couldn't quite figure out how to get everything to fit in where it came out. Taught me that I could have something that worked, or something to play with. I chose "work".

Jim

 

[ulflyer]

Hey Steelharp: I have one of each: 32 and a 380...got hooked on the little critters last year and followed Old Full & Jim Keenan's advice. Have shot them both a fair amount and never yet had a misfire. If ya don't have compressed air (I don't) just slop them down with your favorite cleaner (Ed's Red works good) and spray it out with brake cleaner. I keep an old hair dryer handy for drying out the brake cleaner. Used them for carry some but have now graduated to a 9x18 Makarov which I find to be far more accurate and more pleasant to shoot.