THE EOYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
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used. On many occasions the oily material may be found to be efficacious without 
the previous use of water. 
Directions for stripping the Action . 
1. Close the action. 
2. Knock out the block axis pin by placing a drift on the slit-head of the pin, 
first removing any dirt there may be in the slit. 
3. Depress lever, and hold down front end of block with left thumb, close the 
lever, and the block will spring out. 
4. Take out block, turn the curve in keeper screw fair with the curve in the 
stop nut, unscrew the stop nut; the striker and main spring will then fall out. 
5. Turn the keeper screw head of lever axis fair with axis hole, press out axis 
pin, and take out the tumbler. 
6. Turn out extractor axis screw, and remove extractor, trigger guard, and 
lever. 
7. Turn out the screw holding the trigger spring, and take out the spring. 
8. Turn out axis screw of tumbler rest and trigger, take out tumbler rest and 
Directions for stripping Furniture, Barrel, and Stock. 
9. Draw cleaning rod, first turning the rod so that the cam is against the 
rod-holder. The rod will then draw straight out; and in no case is the rod-head 
to be pulled with any force away from the barrel. 
10. Remove upper band and barrel stud pins. 
11. Partly unturn band screws and take off bands. The lower band stop pin 
should not be removed. 
12. Drive fore end of stock off barrel stud at breech end with wood drift. 
13. Take off butt plate. 
14. Turn out stock bolt, and take off butt of stock. 
15. Grip barrel in gun-metal clam, the under clam to receive the barrel stud. 
Unscrew body with breech wrench (in no case should this be attempted without 
previously removing the extractor). 
Oil should be applied to the following parts of the Martini action occasionally 
Knuckle and knuckle seat of block. 
Axis pin of block. 
Lever ends and seat in block. 
Lever and tumbler axis. 
Tumbler rest axis. 
Tumbler rest and tumbler bearing surfaces. 
Trigger axis. 
Trigger nose and spring. 
Extractor axis. 
Main spring, striker. 
Stop-nut and tumbler. 
Directions for assembling Action, Barrel, Stock, and Furniture. 
1. Grip barrel in gun-metal clam, screw on body until the flat on the barrel is 
at right angles to the sides of the body, for which purpose use the breeching 
square. 
2. Replace butt of stock, observing that the stock bolt washer is in its place in 
the stock butt, screw up stock bolt. 
