Please note you should use the ORANGE HANDLE TOOL that ships with the rifle to remove all “phillips type” screws. They are not a standard phillips head and you will strip them using the wrong driver.
Make sure the weapon is unloaded and dry fire it. The hammer must released before proceeding.
1. Remove the 3 takedown screws. One at the stock, one at the lower, and one at the handguard.
2. Picture with the stock and forearm removed.
3. Remove the hex screw from inside the back of the upper receiver and be careful not to lose the lock washer. Simply side down the block and remove it.
4. Start to slide back the lower receiver from the upper. A slight twisting may be necessary if it is too hard to slide back.
5. While getting it almost off, take note how the breech-block slides back with the lower assembly. Once you have the lower removed, you can slide the breech-block completely out the rear.
6. If you want to take the weapon down further, start by taking out the screw below the rear sight at the back of the upper receiver.
7. Take out the screw that holds the rear sight on.
8. Remove ALL 3 screws and the set screw at the bottom of the barrel block area. Once ALL screws are removed you can slide the front end off the weapon.
9. Once you have the front end off, you can slowly and carefully split the receiver shell apart. There is the bolt hold open spring in there so be careful you don’t lose it.
10. You can remove the barrel and block assembly then.
