Bernardelli Model Pistol

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Illustrations By DENNIS RIORDAN Text By LUDWIG OLSON Produced by the well-known firm of Vincenzo Bernardelli in Gardone V.T., Italy, the Bernardelli Model 60 semi-automatic pistol is designed for informal target shooting and self defense. This modern blowback-operated arm was introduced in 1959. It is made in .22 long rifle and .32 ACP calibers

and was also formerly offered in cal. .380 ACP. The Model 60 is handsome and of simple construction. It has a V/i" barrel attached rigidly to a black-finished lightweight alloy frame. The slide is blued steel, and houses the barrel and recoil spring. Both sights are integral with the slide which is serrated along the top to reduce glare. Located on the left side of the frame behind the trigger, the manual safety is convenient to operate with the thumb. Other safeties are a half-cock position of the exposed hammer, and a maga zine safety which prevents firing when the magazine is removed. What appears to be a safety on the left rear of the frame is actually a takedown catch. The large, well-proportioned black plastic grips are checkered on the sides and rear. A curved piece integral with the black plastic magazine base serves as a rest for the little finger and contributes to ease of handling.

Well made and reliable, the Model 60 is an excellent pistol. It is also produced in long-barrel versions fitted with target-style sights, but these are not often encountered.

15. Ejector 16. Ejector pin 17. Hammer pin 18. Takedown-catch screw 19. Hammer-spring housing stop

20. Hammer 21. Magazine body 22. Hammer strut 23. Hammer plunger 24. Hammer spring 25. Magazine follower 26. Left grip 27. Magazine safety 28. Magazine-safety spring 29. Magazine-safety pin 30. Trigger 31. Trigger bar 32. Trigger-bar spring 33. Trigger-bar spring screw 34. Sear spring 35. Sear pin 36. Sear 37. Takedown-catch spring 38. Takedown catch 39. Manual safety 40. Manual-safety screw 41. Magazine-catch stop 42. Hammer-spring housing pin 43. Hammer-spring housing 44. Magazine catch 45. Magazine-catch spring

46. Magazine spring 47. Magazine-spring plate 48. Magazine base Parts Legend 1. Extractor 2. Extractor spring 3. Extractor pin 4. Firing-pin retainer 5. Slide 6. Firing-pin spring 7. Firing pin 8. Magazine-follower button 11. Recoil spring 12. Frame 13. Barrel pin 14. Barrel

1 Begin field-stripping the Model 60 by moving manual safety (39) up to safe position. Push back magazine catch (44) and remove magazine. Draw slide (5) fully rearward to clear chamber. Hold takedown catch (38) depressed and pull slide rearward %". Then, lift rear of slide and ease forward off frame (12). Remove recoil spring (11). This is sufficient takedown for normal cleaning. Position tightest coil of recoil spring to rear in reassembly. O For further disassembly, drift out ^ firing-pin retainer (4) to release firing pin (7) and spring (6). Drift out extractor pin (3), and remove extractor (1) and its spring (2). Extractor pin must not protrude from bottom of slide on replacement.

3 Unscrew grip screws (10) and remove grips (9) (26). Remove manual-safety screw (40) and lift off manual safety. Unhook trigger-bar spring (32) from trigger bar (31). Unscrew triggerbar spring screw (33) and remove trigger-bar spring. Pull trigger-bar from frame. Draw trigger (30) forward and remove through trigger guard. Grasp hammer (20) firmly and push arm of sear (36) to the rear. Ease hammer fully forward.

6 To dismount magazine, depress spring plate (47) with punch inserted through hole in magazine base (48). Slide base partially forward. Then, place thumb over spring plate as base is removed. Ease spring plate and spring (46) from magazine body (21). Unscrew follower button (8) and slide follower (25) out through bottom of magazine body. 7 Cutaway indicates relationship between parts. Pistol is shown loaded and cocked. Parts are number keyed to parts legend. 4 Unhook arms of sear spring (34) from sear and frame, and pry the spring upward out of its frame grooves. Drift out sear pin (35) and remove sear. Drift out hammer-spring housing stop (19) with 1/16" diameter pin punch. Hold hammer-spring housing (43) to rear while removing punch, then allow housing to pivot slowly forward into the magazine well until spring tension is relieved. Remove hammer strut (22), plunger (23), and spring (24). 5 Drift out hammer pin (17) and remove hammer. Drift out magazine-catch stop (41) and remove magazine-catch spring (45). Hammer-spring housing and magazine catch are released by removing hammer-spring housing pin (42). Unscrew takedown-catch screw (18) to release takedown catch and spring (37). Reassemble in reverse. Angled cut on spring housing faces toward rear of frame. Assembly of hammer group is eased if hammer spring is tensioned with hammer in full-cock position. Parts Legend 1. Receiver 2. Trigger 3. Trigger spring 4. Connector 5. Sear 6. Sear spring 7. Sear pin 8. Safety 9. Magazine safety 10. Magazine latch 11. Magazine latch spring 12. Magazine latch pin

13. Magazine assembly 14. Grip, left (right grip not shown) 15. Grip screw 16. Grip escutcheon (contained in right grip) 17. Slide 18. Extractor 19. Extractor pin 20. Extractor spring 21. Barrel 22. Firing pin 23. Firing pin spring 24. Cocking indicator assembly 25. Recoil spring assembly