Disassembly and Reassembly Of the KBI Jericho Pistol

In a news release issued last June, Charles Daly/KBI, Inc. of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, announced it was bringing in the Jericho 941 made by Israel Weapon Industries, Ltd.

The name Jericho 941 might lead you to assume this is the same pistol as the "Baby Eagle," but it’s not quite. (There’s no .41 AE version, for example.) The pistol has already generated a lot of press, and sales are reported to be "brisk." This new version of the Jericho is available with either a steel or polymer frame, and in three sizes—the RPL (full size), the RPSL (mid size) and the RBL (compact). Calibers available are 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP.

Field Stripping After the magazine has been removed and you’ve made certain the pistol is unloaded, move the safety into the "fire" position and fully cock the hammer manually. Pull the slide to the rear until the index dimple on it is aligned with the dimple on the frame. Grasp the pistol by the trigger guard and press on the muzzle to resume and maintain the alignment. Push the slide-catch lever (#50) out from the right side of the frame and pull the slide forward and off.

Invert the slide and press the recoil spring forward to disengage it from the barrel lug, then raise its rear end and remove it to the rear. Lift the breech end of the barrel upward and withdraw it from the slide. Detailed Disassembly Just to be different, I’ll begin with the magazine (#53). it is too often overlooked and never given a thorough cleaning. That’s unfortunate, for when dirty or damaged, a magazine can create quite a list of problems. Hold the magazine with its base facing upward.

Depress the catch button. Place your thumb over the rear edge of the magazine and maintain pressure while sliding the base off. What your thumb is doing is keeping the spring in place until the base is out of the way and it It’s available in two frame types, three frame sizes, and three calibers. can be withdrawn. Invert the mag, tilt the follower, and push it out through the base opening. Now for the slide. Both the frontsight (#2) and rear sight (#8) drift outright to left.

Insert a suitable punch through the firing-pin plate (#16) to depress the firing pin (#22). Move the plate downward enough to capture the pin, which is under pressure from its spring (#21). That having been accomplished, pull the punch, continue the removal of the plate, and prevent the uncontrolled escape of the firing pin and spring from the

Be certain to match this configuration on reassembly. slide once nothing is in their way to stop them. After the plate, firing pin, and spring are dismantled, the firingpin blocker spring (#14) and blocker (#15) will fall from the bottom of the slide. The right-hand safety lever (#9) is retained by a small roll pin (#10). This pin is driven downward far enough to clear the left safety lever (#13). As a result, the right lever can be removed.

Don’t pull out the left lever until you’ve either covered the entire left side of the slide with a hand or placed the slide in a plastic bag. I prefer the latter option. Two very small parts are housed inside the left lever—the safety plunger (#11) and plunger spring (#12). Unless prevented by a hand or a bag, both will disappear from the bench area when the lever is pulled from the slide. The Jericho’s extractor (#5) is secured by its pin (#3).

Yes, it’s a roll pin to be driven downward, but only out far enough to free the extractor. No, the extractor spring (#4) doesn’t normally pop off once the extractor is gone. The spring works well, but isn’t overly strong and may have to be picked out of its slide recess with tweezers. Now let’s move on to the frame. A Jericho with a steel frame has grip panels. The polymer-frame model like the one being addressed here has none.

Outside of the need to remove the panels from a steel-framed pistol, there’s no functional difference between the two models. With either version, viewing the frame from the top and from the back to the front, two main subassemblies are rather obvious: the hammer assembly (#43) and the trigger assembly (#41). Also visible (but less obvious) is the sear housing (#34), and this is where you’ll begin dismantling the pistol’s back end. Drift out the sear pin (#52) and lift out the sear housing.

Its housing pin (#32) keeps it intact by retaining the spring (#35), the sear (#33), and the housing as a unit. You can break this union down by drifting out the housing pin, but keep in mind that the spring is one of those parts that tends to get lost. Once the sear housing is out, it’s now possible to remove the complete hammer assembly by drifting the hammer-block pin (#51). It can be drifted in either direction.

Remember this, however; at this point the assembly remains under considerable pressure from the hammer spring (#39), and that must be controlled to keep the assembly from leaping out of the frame. Therefore, push downward on the hammer (#37) when drifting the pin. The removal of the hammer-block pin additionally frees up the triggerbar plunger (#23), plunger spring (#24), safety pin (#25), and plunger pin (#26). This grouping of parts keeps the magazine catch in place.

Keep a finger or apiece of tape over the hole in the right side of the catch. Leave it uncovered and you’ll see the catch spring (#46) and plunger (#47) nevermore. Once the hammer group itself is removed, you can take it down further by pushing out the hammer pin (#44), plus the pins retaining the cocking sear (#36) and hammer strut/spring rod (#38). These final two pins are The latter is the first to be removed in detailed disassembly of the frame.

change without notice) 25 Safety Pin KBI Jericho 941 Semi-Automatic Pistol (Specifications subject to 26 Plunger Pin 40 Slide Catch Spring 27 Trigger Bar Pin 41 Trigger Block 1 Slide 13 Left Safety Lever 28 Trigger 42 Slide Catch Spring Pin 2 Front Sight 14 Firing Pin Blocker Spring 29 Trigger Pin 43 Hammer Block 3 Extractor Pin 15 Firing Pin Blocker 30 Trigger Spring 44 Hammer Pin 4 Extractor Spring 16 Firing Pin Plate 31 Trigger Bar 45 Magazine Catch 5 Extractor 17 Barrel 32 Sear Pin 46 Magazine Catch Spring 6 Firing Pin Safety 18 Recoil Spring, Inner 33 Sear 47 Magazine Catch Plunger 7 Firing Pin Safety Spring 19 Recoil Spring, Outer 34 Sear Housing 48 Frame 8 Rear Sight 20 Recoil Spring Rod 35 Sear Spring 49 Trigger Block Pin 9 Right Safety Lever 21 Firing Pin Spring 36 Cocking Sear 50 Slide Catch 10 Safety Lever Pin, Right 22 Firing Pin 37 Hammer 51 Hammer Block Pin 11 Safety Plunger 23 Trigger Bar Plunger 38 Hammer Spring Rod 52 Sear Housing Pin 12 Plunger Spring 24 Plunger Spring 39 Hammer Spring 53 Magazine numbered the same as the trigger-bar plunger.

Do likewise with the trigger der of the disassembly. I do suggest pin. spring (#30) when you drift the trigger that special attention be paid to those That brings us to the trigger assempin (#29) in either direction. As you’ve areas referred to above where spring bly. After drifting the trigger-block probably realized by now, the triggerpressures are involved. How the spring pin (#49), take the same kind of care bar pin (#27) retains the bar (#31).

It’s pressure is controlled with the Jeriyou did with the hammer assembly. not difficult to push out, freeing the cho and other guns varies from one The slide-catch pin (#42) must be bar for removal. gunsmith to the next, and there’s no driven inward from the right if you’re universal technique due to the many going to remove the slide-catch spring Conclusion different designs we work with. The (#40).

Treat this spring with the same There are no specific reassembly hints end objective is, of course, to get the concern you were advised to take or tricks for the Jericho. The process is darned spring to relax. Use whatever with the magazine catch spring and simply undertaken in the reverse ortechnique works best for you.