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M8 Pyrotechnic Pistol Disassembly

Ever wonder how to take your AN-M8 apart?  This is the page that will tell you how to take an AN-M8 and turn it into a pile of various parts.

Before you begin I suggest you have the following available:

 

Barrel Group Disassembly:
Note. The items below refer to figure 12 unless otherwise indicated.
(1) Remove pin 5299527 with a drift pin.
Note. Be careful not to allow springs to fly out of the housing.
(2) Pull latch 6257649 and lock 6257641 rearward, slowly out of housing on the barrel.  Separate latch, spring 5299536, lock, and spring 5295821.  Remove pin 5299525, with small drift pin, remove spring 5299533 (fig. 11) and bearing 5153136 from barrel assembly 6257646.

Figure 11          Figure 12
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Frame Group Disassembly:
Note. The items below refer to figure 11.
(1) Remove screw MS35243-34 from under side of guard 5261053.
(2) Remove screw 5299528 from right side of pistol below the barrel.
(3) Remove stud 5299542 from left side of pistol and the trigger guard.
(4) Drive out pin 5299526 with a small drift pin.
(5) Remove barrel group from the frame group and lift ejector 6257652 off the frame group.
Note. For further disassembly of frame group the items below, refer to figure 14.
(6) Remove screw 5299529 from the right side of the pistol grip; remove nut 5295823 from the left side of the pistol grip. Remove right and left-hand grips.
(7) Remove three screws MS35243-34 and screw 5299545 from plate 6257648 on the right side of frame assembly. Lift off plate and liner 6257642.
(8) Remove screw 5299548 from under side of frame near the trigger and remove spring 5299530.
(9) Remove spring 5299535, hammer 6257657, safety 6257644, and spring 5299537. Keep safety and spring together, if possible, and remove bearing 7268077.
(10) Turn the frame over and remove screws MS35243-34 from the plate 6257653.
(11) Remove plate with liner 7268094 and disassemble liner from plate.
(12) Remove slide 7268078 from spring 5299538 by pulling the notched end of the slide upward and away from the spring.
(13) Apply pressure to spring and remove.
(14) Remove pin 5299532 with a small drift pin. Turn frame over and remove pawl 6257643 from slide and remove spring 5299539.
(15) Push trigger upward into frame until pin 5295834 is visible. Remove pin, with a small drift pin, and remove trigger 6257654.
(16) Remove slide 7268078.
Note. The items below refer to figure 15 unless otherwise indicated.
(17) Remove firing pin as follows:
(a) Remove setscrew 5295822.
(b) Remove retainer 5295820, using wrench 6131778 (fig. 16).
(c) Remove spring 5299534 and firing pin 5299549.
(d) Remove bushing 5299543, by unscrewing it from the frame.

Figure 11  Figure 14

 Figure 15  Figure 16

 

More AN-M8 Pyrotechnic Pistol information:
General Overview
Getting to know the AN-M8
Ammunition
Disassembly
Assembly
Parts Diagrams