LIST OF THE COMPONENT PARTSOF THE MAB AUTOMATIC PISTOL

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MANUFACTURE D'ARMESAUTOMATIQUESAllees-Marines BAYONNE (B.-P.)

Tel. 517.53

1 Barrel

2 Slide

3 Action frame

1 Magazine Spring

5 Hammer spring with gui-de

Recoil spring

26 Breech block pin

27 Barrel fixing pin

28 Rearsight

29 Extractor spring

30 Ejector

31 Magazine catch

32 Sear axis pin

* Magazine

il Hammer

10 Kecui l spring guide

11 Hammer hull

12 Magazine spring guide

13 Firing piii

1 \ liighl handle plate

1'i Lef t handle plate

Hi lireech block

17 Magazine stop

18 Sear

111 Trigger bar

20 Magazine platform

21 Dismantling stud

22 Safety

23 Trigger retainer

24 Foresight

25 Magazine safety & spin

Holt and spring holt offacultative safety

,'!.') Magazine slop spring

36 Extractor

37 Handle plate screw

38 Magazine stop axis

39 Extractor driver

40 Boll and spring bolt ofthe dismantling stud

•il Sear spring

42 Handle plate screw

43 Hammer axis pin

44 Bolt and spring bolt forthe trigger retainer

V.'i Firing pin spring

46 Firing pin spring retai-ner

17 Obturator of the faculta-tive safety spring.

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Explanation noticeFor the :WorkingDismantlingReassemblingList of spare parts of the

AUTOMATIC PISTOL

MABM o d e l F

MABAUTOMATIC PISTOL

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Total length of the pistol 11.28 in.Barrel length 4.20 -in. or 6.12 in. or fi.f)2 in.Weight 27.80 oz. or 30 oz. or 3.1 oz.

This pistol is provided with stud to permit single shotfiring. II is then necessary to pull back the slide for eachshot. With the stud in its normal position, the pistolfires automatically.

DISMANTLING

Place a point in thehole in the disman-tling stud, press andraise the stud.

WORKING

1° SAFETIES

The p i s lo l has 2 safeties :- one is the o r d i n a r y side safety,- the other is automatic.

The automatic safely locks the mechanism when themagazine is removed from the pistol.

2° MAGAZINE

The capacity of the magazine is of 9 cartridges.When loading the magazine, care should he taken to

see that the cartridges are correctly placed, so lhat therim of each cartridge is in front of the rim of the cartridgeunderneath.

Place the magazine in the pistol.Draw the slide hackwarrts and allow it to jump

forward quickly.Notice if the slide is completely forward.

3" UNLOADING

a) Remove the magazine liy pressing on the magazinecatch at the base of the grip.

b) Draw the slide sharply lo the rear so as toremove the cartridge which may he in the chamber.

IMPORTANT

Well oil the inside of the chamber before shooting.Glean the chamber after every 2 magazines with an oilymop. Clean the barrel and the slide after use.

REASSEMBLING

I" Replace the recoilspring, the pointedend of the gu idetowards the breech

2° Hold the pistol in the left hand,draw the slide backwards to itsfull extent.

2° Replace the slide taking care thatthe end of the recoil spring fits in itcorrectly. Draw the slide back-wards and lower it to its originalhorizontal position and allow it toslide forward.

3° Now raise the slideand allow it to moveforward and becomedisengaged.

3° Press down the dis-mantling stud.

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