Beretta 84FS Cheetah Beretta 81 Series User Manual - Page 8

UNLOADING THE PISTOL AND THE CARTRIDGE CHAMBER • Engage the manual safety. With pistols "F" model, engaging the safety, the hammer is lowered and stopped by the interceptor. • Depress the magazine release button to remove the magazine from the pistol. • Release the manual safety and point the pistol in a safe direction. • Grasping the slide serrations with thumb and index finger, fully retract the slide to remove the chambered cartridge. WHEN SURE THE CHAMBER IS EMPTY AND THE CARTRIDGE HAS BEEN EJECTED, quickly release the slide. • Lower the cocked hammer. UNLOADING THE MAGAZINE • To unload the magazine, grasp with one hand the magazine box, bottom down and front end forward. With the tip of the thumb firmly press down on the cartridge rim and push. As the cartridge moves forward, tip it slightly upwards with the index finger. • Repeat until the magazine is unloaded. MAINTENANCE Every time the pistol is fired or at least once a month, cleaning and lubricating is recommended. Start with: FIELD STRIPPING Caution: Make sure the pistol is unloaded. if not, unload it following the unloading procedure. • Remove magazine by depressing magazine release button (fig. 5). • Hold pistol in the left hand; with right forefinger press disassembly latch release button (fig. 12). • With right thumb rotate disassembling latch anticlockwise until it stops (fig. 13). • Pull forward the slide barrel assembly with recoil spring and spring guide (fig. 14). • Pressing the recoil spring guide head (caution: the recoil spring is under tension) lift the recoil spring guide and let the recoil spring stretch slowly (fig. 15). • Take out barrel from slide (fig. 16). Mod. 87BB Long Barrel To take out barrel from slide, it is necessary first to separate the counterweight from barrel. To do it, using an Allen key of the right size (3 mm.), unscrew the counterweight Allen locking screw (anticlockwise, 3 complete turns). NO FURTHER DISASSEMBLY IS RECOMMENDED UNLESS DONE BY A COMPETENT GUNSMITH. 15 CLEANING AND LUBRICATING BARREL CLEANING AND LUBRICATING • Spray the brush supplied with gun oil. Insert it into the barrel and slide it backward and forward a few times. • Dry the barrel by pushing a piece of flannel through with the brush supplied. Keep changing the flannel until it emerges clean from the barrel. • Lightly oil the inside and outside of the barrel, passing through a clean flannel soaked in gun oil. • Lightly oil the slides of the barrel base. SLIDE CLEANING AND LUBRICATING • Clean slide with a cloth soaked in gun oil paying special attention to slide head, to slide guides and to extractor housing; if necessary use the brush supplied. • Lightly oil the slide with gun oil. RECOIL SPRING AND SPRING GUIDE LUBRICATING • Lightly oil recoil spring and spring guide with gun oil. After long use it may be necessary to first clean with gun oil and the bush supplied. ASSEMBLING Assemble following the Field Stripping procedure in reverse order. It is advisable to pay attention to the following points: • The barrel should rest perfectly against the slide (the extractor must lodge in its groove in the barrel). • The recoil spring guide head should lodge in the center of its groove in the barrel base. • When rotating disassembling latch, the slide should be in the closed position (aligned with or beyond the rear side of frame). HOW TO REVERSE THE MAGAZINE RELEASE BUTTON (for left-handed shooters) Mod. 84F only This operation should be carried out by a gunsmith. • With a suitable screwdriver unscrew and remove the grips. • Press the back (flat side) of the magazine release button down and away. The magazine release assembly will then drop out. • Reverse the magazine release assembly and insert the button (grooved side) in position tilting it slightly. 16