Its not a problem, the barrel just lifts off away from the spring when you push out the wedge & pull up on the end.
The ramrod, barrel & thimbles all come off as a unit & the ramrod just lifts up from the channel which is open at the top.
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Allan Quatermain: “Automatic rifles. Who in God's name has automatic rifles”?
Elderly Hunter: “That's dashed unsporting. Probably Belgium.”
