FN-FAL Manual.pdf - Army Discount Shop

I. FIELD STRIPPING
The soldoer should know each step In loeld stroppong so well
thot he con do it on the dark. No tools ore needed, but ot moy
be necessary to use the nose of a bullet.
- Remove the magazine.
Cock the mechonosm to make sure there is no cartridge left
in the chamber, let the mechanism go forward and put the
rolfe at sole, the hammer remaining in the cocked posotion.
o ) Strippin9 the mechanism
Press the tngger frame-body lock lever, on the left side of
the trigger frame, fully upwards; hold the barrel group
firmly and press the butt-trigger group downwards, swinging
the rifle open like o shotgun (see fig. 36).
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F;g 36
Remove the slide-breech block assembly by grasping the slide
rod, hinged to the slide {fig. 37).
Foq 31
b) Ta remove the cover from the body, slode ot to the reor
(fog. 38).
F;g. 38
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