1)
Point the pistol pointed in a safe direction
and make certain the pistol is unloaded.
Depress the magazine release.
2)
Remove the magazine from the pistol.
3)
Press muzzle against a hard surface or pull
back on the barrel and receiver assembly,
moving barrel and receiver assembly back on
frame about 1/4" to release tension on
recoil spring.
4)
Rotate the take down lever clockwise to the six
o'clock position.
5)
Lift out trigger plate assembly from frame.
6)
Remove the barrel and receiver assembly.
7)
Grasp the toggle and pull upward slightly to
relieve tension. Drift the receiver axle in
slightly from right side of receiver.
8)
Axle may now be grasped from left side of
receiver and withdrawn.
9)
Toggle and breechblock assembly can now be
withdrawn from the rear of receiver.
10)
Figure 10 shows the field disassembled P.08
pistol.
Reassembly
Instructions
11)
Insert toggle and breechblock assembly into
the rear of receiver.
12)
Align the toggle and receiver.The axle
may now be inserted from left side of
receiver.
13)
When replacing barrel, receiver, and breech
assembly on frame, be sure coupling link
suspended from rear end of toggle assembly
drops into its proper place in front of
inclined upper arms of recoil lever. The
proper relationship of these parts is shown
in figure 13.
14)
When reassembling pistol, trigger lever in
trigger plate must fall into its slot in
trigger and small lip at rear of trigger
plate must be inserted under side of frame
in recess provided.
15)
Press muzzle against a hard surface or pull
back on the barrel and receiver assembly,
moving barrel and receiver assembly back on
frame about 1/4" to release tension on
recoil spring. Rotate the take down lever
counter-clockwise to the three o'clock
position.
16) Grasp toggle and pull back. Release
toggle and make certain pistol functions
properly.
