I believe the clamp was initially one piece to hold the shrouds together. The firing pulse rifles however need cleaning and maintainance on a daily basis. So the shrouds and attachement pieces were modified for easy access. From what is visible form the pictures of the pictures on Harry's site and the following picture I'd say it is possible to disassemble the (firing) PR without separating the two shroud halfs:
The disassembly procedure seems to be like this:
- remove magazine
- unscrew the Thompson barrel
- pull out the Grenade Launcher (including the Barrel Vent, Thompson foreward Grip holder and Thompson barrel) to the front
- slide out Thompson barrel to the rear of the GL-assembly
- unscrew the lower rear clamp
- slide lower Thompson receiver out to the rear (no, if you check the pictures on Harry's site you'll see there is enough clearance for the levers on the side)
- remove main spring and chocking pin
- remove bolt
- slide out upper receiver to the rear
Cheers,
Stefan
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