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mauser HSC Pistol Field Stripping To take down the HSc, remove magazine and clear chamber. Pull hammer back to full cock and put safety catch down over red dot. Hold down notched catch inside front of trigger guard. At same time pull slide forward and upward until it is free of frame. To remove barrel, hold slide as shown.. Push chamber end of barrel forward and upward until it clears bolt face. If barrel is held too tightly in slide, use a block of wood or magazine floorplate to lever it out. The safety catch (9) is held in place by a detent (5) and spring (4) that also actuate extractor. To remove firing pin (8) or safety catch, lift end of fining pin to position shown. Turn safety to a position halfway between 'on' and 'off' positions and push safety out with a screwdriver as shown. Remove extractor and detent parts. To replace safety catch , back firing pin (8) and spring (7) into slide. Lift firing pin tail as in disassembly. Install safety and push firing pin down into place. Replace detent part and push extractor in and back until it seats itself properly in slide. When magazine catch pin (27) is removed, magazine catch (25), hammer strut (23), and spring (24) come out as an assembly. This assembly can be taken apart by giving magazine catch a quarter turn. Great care must be taken when assembling or disassembling these pieces since they are under heavy spring tension. To remove takedown latch (12), hold frame as shown. Use a screwdriver or block of wood to push down latch and rotate it clockwise 180 degrees. Care must be taken to prevent latch from flying out since it is under heavy spring tension.