Or, with the magazine out and having made certain that the chamber is empty, I place the muzzle against my palm, hook the trigger guard with my finger and squeeze the upper rearward. That's with the short barrel, obviously. For longer barrels I place something soft on a table top and push the muzzle against it.
In both cases, the firing pin is at rest. Using the hold open to allow rotating the locking bolt, you either hold the side plate to release the firing pin by squeezing the trigger as the toggles go forward or you push the sear to release the firing pin after removing the upper. Neither way is as easy as the method I use.
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