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Field-Stripping an AK-47 Rifle (and Variants)

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Unload the Gun

Removing the magazine from the rifle.
Removing the magazine from the rifle. You press the release with your thumb and rotate the bottom of the magazine forward (to the right in the photo).
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Remove the magazine by grasping it in your hand with your fingers wrapped around the front of the magazine. Depress the magazine release lever (just behind the magazine on the front of the trigger guard) with your thumb, and rotate the magazine forward.
Then rotate the safety/selector lever downward and pull rearward on the bolt handle to open the action and ensure that the chamber is empty. Allow the bolt to return to its forward position.
  1. Unload the Gun
  2. Remove Receiver Cover
  3. Remove Recoil/Return Spring
  4. Remove Bolt Carrier Assembly
  5. Remove Bolt From Carrier
  6. Remove Gas Tube With Top Hand Guard
  7. Remove Cleaning Rod
  8. Remove Safety/Selector Lever (if Desired)
  9. Remove Lower Handguard/Forend

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