Gate4-14

Product Archaeology

Product Reassembly

Step	Description	Image
1	Starting with the empty frame with the orange barrel,manuever the chamber (indicated by the yellow box) into the frame, as is shown in the picture. Difficulty: 4 Tools used: Hands, Screw driver	500px
2	Place the four trigger links into the frame (as in picture A) and place the trigger into the frame. Screw the components into place, indicated by the blue boxes (as in picture B), and connect the spring, indicated by the yellow box, to the component. Difficulty: Easy Tools used: Screw driver, hands	A)B)
3	Now, take the other frame and slide it into place. Then screw in the eleven screws into the frame, indicated by the blue boxes. Now you can put the butt cap, indicated by the green cap, onto the frame finally, take the two parts to the cocking handle and snap them in place and screw in the 5 screws, indicated by the orange boxes. Difficulty: Easy Tools used: Screw driver (screws), hands (removal of trigger components)
4	You now have a complete gun.
5	After close observation and awkward placement of a screwdriver, it is possible to remove the chamber from the gun. Now you can see how the chamber and it's components work together and how they connect to the rest of the gun. Difficulty: Hard Tools used: Screw driver (screws), hands (removal of chamber) This step was extremely difficult because of the location of the chamber inside the barrel, which is glued, and the awkward placement of the screws. The chamber and coil are not meant to be removed from the frame.
6	To take apart the drum, take out the 6 screws on the top of the drum (indicated by the white boxes and arrow) and remove the orange stem and black cap. Upon removing the orange stem, a spring and orange cap will be released. Take out the 4 screws on the bottom cover (indicate by the white boxes in picture B) and remove the bottom cover Difficulty: Easy Tools used: Screw driver (screws), hands (removal of stem and caps) The removal of the stem and cap was not intended. Many parts of the stem had to fit into the drum so precisely in order for the drum to function correctly.	A)B)
7	Now you can see the components that make up the trigger for the reloading mechanism. Taking off the spring (indicated by the yellow box) lets the reloading trigger (indicated by the purple box) free. You can now take the trigger, spring, and rod (indicated by the blue box) off. Now, take out the 6 screws (indicated by the white boxes) and take off the black lid. Difficulty: Medium Tools used: Screw driver (screws), hands (removal of trigger, springs and rod) Removal of the springs and components of the reloding mechanism was easy, but very difficult to put back together because of the complexity of the placement of the simple components in order for the drum to be reloaded properly.
8	You should not have the components shown in pictures A and B.	A)B)
9	By taking out the 4 screws (indicated by the white boxes) on the orange lid, you will release the 3 other springs and spring caps. Your result should like look picture B. Difficulty: Easy Tools used: Screw driver (screws), hands (removal of lid, springs and caps) This process of removing the springs was simple due to the fact that the springs were only held by the lid and topped off by the cap. I do not believe the manufacturers intended for this to be neccessary because of all of the pieces you needed to take apart in order to get to this step.	A)B)
10	Once you remove the springs, you have an empty barrel and you can see the design that is intended to keep the disc bullets in place.