A new guy question

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Originally Posted by Ron Wood

MCNJ
With the gun UNLOADED and the magazine out of the gun, us oldtimers usually just use our right hand to wrap our thumb under the rear of the frame with our fingers over the top of the toggle knobs and squeeze...this draws back the barrel/reciever group, then rotate down the takedown lever with our left hand. Quick and easy and you aren't going to drop anything or scratch the barrel.

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