26. Remove the release button and spring toward the left.
27. Remove the magazine catch piece toward the right.
28. If the slide latch needs to be removed, turn it to its uppermost position, and nudge it out toward the left. CAUTION: Control the torsion spring.
Reassembly Tips:
1. As the rear sub-frame is re-installed, be sure the rear tip of the trigger bar is properly engaged before pushing the unit down into place. After the unit is seated, you must hold the trigger bar against the wall of the grip and use a fork-tipped tool to engage the upper arm of the torsion spring with its groove in the underside of the bar.
2. When installing the back-strap retainer, be sure its angled end is toward the front, as shown. A light tap with a non-marring tool will seat it properly.
3. Support the magazine release button on a firm surface as the lock pin is pushed back into place. The pin should be checked to be sure it is fully locked.
Browning BDA 380
| Data: | Browning BDA 380 |
| Origin: | Italy |
| Manufacturer: | Armi Beretta, S.p.A.,Gardone (Brescia)for Browning Arms Co.Morgan, Utah |
| Cartridge: | 380 ACP |
| Magazine capacity: | 13 rounds |
| Overall length: | 6¾ inches |
| Height: | 4¾ inches |
| Barrel length: |
31 |
| Weight: | 23 ounces |
Made for Browning by Beretta of Italy, the BDA 380 is essentially a restyled version of the Beretta Model 84, but the changes are extensive enough to give it mechanical features that are entirely different. This is particularly true of the safety and firing pin system, as the BDA has a slide-mounted safety with ambidextrous levers. A hammer-drop system is included in this system, and this also changes the frame components.
Field Strip:
1. Remove the magazine, and depress and hold the takedown-latch lock button, located on the left side of the frame.
2. Turn the takedown-latch lever on the right side of the frame down to the vertical position.
3. Move the slide and barrel assembly forward off the frame.
4. Controlling the tension of the recoil spring, lift the rear of the spring guide away from the barrel, and remove the spring and guide toward the rear.
5. Move the barrel slightly forward, then remove it downward and toward the rear. Gun is now field-stripped.
Browning BDA 380 field-stripped
Detail Strip:
6. The extractor pin is drifted out upward.
7. With the safety in the on-safe position, remove the extractor toward the right.
8. Remove the extractor spring from its recess in the slide.
9. Use a small roll pin punch to drift out the roll pin in the base of the right safety-lever, downward.
10. Turn the safety-lever upward to clear its lower tab, and remove it toward the right.
11. Move the safety toward the left until it stops, and remove the firing pin from the rear of the slide. The safety must be in the off-position.
12. Be sure the firing pin spring is at the front of its tunnel, and remove the safety toward the left. The safety positioning ball and spring are staked in place, and should not be removed.
13. Remove the firing pin spring from the slide.
14. Depress the takedown-latch lock button, turn the lever up to vertical position, and remove the latch toward the right.
15. Remove the grips, using a screwdriver with a wide and very thin blade. If necessary,