German flare pistol 1938

[Francisque]

Hi,

I need to disassemble this one to clean/oïl it correctly.

Can you please give the method? Have you an eclated verson of this gun with all element?

Thanks a lot.

[JoeW]

Carefully take off the grip plates to not damage the screw and open the action with the trigger guard. Clean it but go no further is my opinion.

[AR-50A1]

While I am not considered an expert on flare pistols, I do own seven of the aluminum pistols of various manufactures. Your pistol does not appear to be in any great need of total disassembly in order to clean it.

My advise, for what its worth, is to carefully remove the grip panels. Keep in mind that they have a flange that goes underneath the frame at the top of the grip panel. Once the grip screw is removed rotate the bottom of the grip panel forward (towards the muzzle) and lift it off. Sometimes this is a very tight fit so don't force it or you will break the flange.

I have found that gunk found the front half of the barrel can easily be removed with a large (barrel filling) cotton cleaning patch attached to a shotgun cleaning rod soaked with Windex. Most of the flare propellants are black powder based, stink like hell but are easily removed with Windex (which will not hurt the aluminum barrel). Wipe off everything else with a rag injected with WD40 and you're good to go.

Bill

[Francisque]

Thanks a lot.

[BrunoH]

Hi,
This link can help you in your project

http://leuchtpistole.free.fr/Sommair...htpistole.html

Regards