Disassembly
The major components of the pistol are shown above. Of course, just like with any other 1911, you can go ahead and completely strip the pistol of all its parts, but this is not recommended at this moment. To reassemble the pistol, just reverse the procedure.

Just like in any ordinary 1911, make sure the pistol is empty and push the slide back until the slide stop aligns with the semi-circular cut of the slide. Push the slide stop out, from the right side of the frame. The slide stop pops out easily. Then push the slide forward and off the frame.

With the slide removed, you can see some of the internal features of this pistol. First of all, there is no barrel link, to cam the barrel down during recoil. Instead there is a hole, through which the slide stop pin passes. Right above that hole, there is a geared disk. This is used to adjust the HOP-UP feature of this pistol (check the Terminology thread, in the Introductory Forum).

To further disassemble the slide, you have to remove the recoil spring and guide rod. To do that, grab the reverse recoil spring plug with your nail and pull it back, until it is almost at the end of its travel. Hold it there, and remove the complete guide rod assembly from the pistol. Since the recoil spring plug is under the pressure of the recoil spring, make sure that it does not fly in the never-to-be-found-again land. Now you can remove the barrel from the front of the slide.

A Unique Feature
The second magazine which came with the pistol, is something that you won't find for any other Airsoft pistol. Actually, even if you decide to buy this particular pistol, but you do not buy it from Airsplat.COM, you will not get this magazine. So, what's so unique about it?

	Well, for once, it is a hi-capacity one, taking 37 BBs instead of 30 that the standard magazine can take (not a big difference). But what makes it really unique, is the fact that this magazine takes a standard CO2 cartridge, instead of Green Gas! Pull the small button, at the bottom front of the magazine, and slide of the magazine pad, to reveal a shiny metal cap. Unscrew this cap and you find a long hole, in which you can insert a standard CO2 cartridge.
Now, this means two things (a) that you can take advantage of the higher pressure CO2 gives, and (b) you can have some small CO2 cartridges with you, instead of a large Green Gas (or propane) tank, to fill your gas pistol. Neat idea. Also this magazine, has this round small button, you see at the top right corner of the picture above, which is used to hold the magazine follower at the compressed position, so that your thumb does not get soar, from holding down the follower, as you load the BBs. I liked that and I wish the standard magazine incorporated that feature too.

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Credits/Acknowledgments This review was brought to you by John Caradimas (M1911). The M-1911 Pistols Organization www.m1911.org September 20, 2005. Athens, Greece.