Upon arriving home, I found a drop dead gorgeous Charlin SXS (Darnish in style and action) had hitched a ride home. Anyone have a clue how to take the barrels off?
The barrels on my Darne R-10 are removed by depressing the silvery part between the slides with the action open and "bumping" the butt on the carpet...voila' the barrels are off. Hold onto them when you bump or the barrels will be on the floor. I think the Charlin works the same way.
Now try to figure out how to remove the action slide (hint: turn the gun upside down and feel for a small 'button' under the slide near the back end; push it and you'll see the 'release' drop down, now just slide it off. Now figure out how to put it back on...Geo
Ted beat me to it with what's probably a much more understandable explanation of barrel removal. Reading his response to my post, it looks like I had it mostly all wrong anyway. Glad we have Ted on this forum; his knowledge of the French guns is a real asset here.
Last edited by Geo. Newbern; 07/30/11 11:47 AM. Reason: to acknowledge my error
