Interesting Facts about the Pistol.
(a) Weight 2½ pounds. Trigger pull, about 7 pounds.
(b) Rifling, 6 grooves with left-hand twist. The drift due to the rifling is therefore to the left, but this is more than neutralized by the pull of the trigger when the pistol is fired from the right hand.
(c) For ranges up to 75 yards the trajectory is very flat and the drift slight, giving the pistol great accuracy.
COMPONENT PARTS.
COMPONENT PARTS.
1. Receiver.
2. Barrel.
3. Slide.
4. Plunger Tube.
5. Slide Stop Plunger.
6. Plunger Spring.
7. Safety-lock Plunger.
8. Slide Stop.
9. Rear Sight.
10. Front Sight.
11. Link.
12. Link Pin.
13. Barrel Bushing.
14. Recoil Spring.
15. Recoil Spring Guide.
16. Plug.
17. Extractor.
18. Ejector.
19. Ejector Pin.
20. Firing Pin.
21. Firing Pin Spring.
22. Firing Pin Stop.
23. Hammer.
24. Hammer Pin.
25. Hammer Strut.
26. Hammer Strut Pin.
27. Mainspring.
28. Mainspring Cap.
29. Mainspring Cap Pin.
30. Sear.
31. Sear Spring.
32. Sear Pin.
33. Disconnector.
34. Trigger.
35. Grip Safety.
36. Safety Lock.
37. Mainspring Housing.
38. Housing Pin.
39. Housing Pin Retainer.
40. Lanyard Loop.
41. Lanyard Loop Pin.
42. Magazine Tube. }
43. Magazine Base. }
44. Magazine Pins (2). }
45. Magazine Loop. } Magazine
46. Magazine Spring. }
47. Magazine Follower. }
48. Magazine Catch.
49. Magazine Catch Spring.
50. Magazine Catch Lock.
51. Stocks, Right and Left.
52. Stock Screws (4).
53. Screws Bushings (4).
(d) Beyond 250 yards the trajectory is very curved and the drift becomes considerable. Firing is therefore very inaccurate.
(e) To hit a target at ranges over 75 yards it will be necessary to lay on a displaced point above and to the right of target for ranges approximately as follows:
| Vertical | Lateral | |||
| Range, Yards. | Displacement. | Displacement, right. | ||
| 100 | ½ | yard | ½ | yard |
| 150 | 1½ | yards | ¼ | yard |
| 200 | 3 | yards | 1 | yard |
| 250 | 5 | yards | 2 | yards |
(f) The striking energy of the bullet is sufficiently great to surely disable a man by causing a dangerous wound at all ranges up to 500 yards.
(g) The pistol has been fired by experts at 25 yards, aimed fire, at the rate of 21 shots (3 magazines) in 30 seconds. Such rapidity is, however, not necessary or desirable in service firing. Accuracy is always the first consideration.