How do you disassemble a Smith and Wesson model 41 semi automatic pistol?

Answer 1

Lock the slide back. Remove the magazine. Snap the trigger guard smartly downward. Pistol must be held horizontal during this maneuver because the barrel is now free to fall away. Lift barrel upward from the frame. Pull the slide back at a slight upward angle. Push the slide assembly forward to free it from the frame. The gun is now ready for cleaning. Reversing the procedure reassembles the Model 41. In the field stripped position, the gun is reduced to six parts: frame including trigger, trigger guard and grips, barrel, magazine, slide assembly, recoil spring, and recoil spring guide.

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it's been awhile but this is exactly as I remember doing it.