~ Kintrek KBP.1 ~ ~ Data: KintrekKBP-1 Origin: UnitedStates Manufacturer:Kintrek,Incorporated Owensboro, Kentucky Cartridge: 22LongRifle Magazinecapacity: 17rounds inches Overalllength: 31112 25inches Barrellength: Weight: 51/2gounds "" " .. ! 'ill Ii II I! '" This excellent carbine was designed around 1985 by Rick Krouse, and I examined the prototype in 1987. Production began in 1991, and lasted for only about a year.
Kintrek KBP-1 : 173 .. ... ...,. Disassembly: 'I'" 1. the Remove the magazine and cycle the action to cock internal hammer. Set the safety in on-safe position. Open the ejection port cover and remove the screw on the right side, just above the front of the trigger guard. 2 . Remove the screw at the rear, between the port cover andthe buttplate. 1: -+ .. + .... 1".... " + ,.. .. ... .. ...... ... ..... T i .+ ... .,. + .,. ! t .... .. .. .... .. j,.. i- i~ 3 .
. ~ .... "'" 174 : K:!1trek KBP-1 = " 5 . The ejection port cover latch and its coil spring are retained by two screws that require a square bit. In normal takedown, leave this system in place. 6. Three square-bit screws retain the buttplate. ... ... iI> ~ OF "" ~ 7 . Removal of the buttplate will give access to the recoil spring lever, the recoil spring and its plunger.
Kintrek KBP-1 : 175 9 . Maintain pressure on the plunger and remove the recoil spring lever. 10 . Ease the spring-tension slowly and remove the plunger and spring toward the rear. 11 . The trigger guard is retained on the inside of the stock by two Phillips-type screws. When these are 12 . Pull rear.the cocking piece guard straight out toward the taken out, the guard is removed upward.
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I 178 : Kintrek KBP-1 I 21 . The firing system has steel cross pins in a polymer housing, and disassembly should be done only for 20 . To remove the extractor, insert a small tool between the extractor and its plunger and push the plunger toward the rear. Lift out the extractor, and ease the plunger and spring out toward the front. Caution: Control the plunger and spring. repair purposes. Without removing the parts, we will show the sequence here.
Kintrek KBP-1 : 179 25 .The cross pin that retains the grip safety bar at the rear must be drifted out toward the right. A spacer washer will be freed inside the unit as the pin is removed. The grip safety bar can then be moved forward and is taken out upward, along with its attached expansion-type spring. 24 . will Drifting out the cross pin at the front of the housing free the forward portions of the trigger bar and grip safety bar. Each is still retained at the rear. 26 .
180 : Kintrek KBP-1 28 . Drifting out this cross pin will allow removal of the sear and its spring. Caution: Control the spring. Again, all parts are still in place here. The sequence has been shown for repair-disassembly purposes. 30 . The other Allen screw is inside the group, at this location. For access,the safety detent pin and safety-lever pin will have to be removed. With the group removed, drifting out the trigger pin will release the trigger and trigger rod for removal. 29 .
Klntrek Kt:JfJ- 7 : 1tn . . 32 . the Removal of the two large screws on top will allow cheekpiece and ejection port cover to be taken off upward. 33. Lift off the case deflector. II I ; ir 34 . The sweep is now removed toward the easily left. detached and can be 35 . The front and rear sights are each retained by two Allen-type screws. The rear sight leaf is adjusted and retained by two Phillips-type screws.
I 182 : Kintrek KBP-1 Reassembly Tips: 1. When installing the sweep, be sure its rear tip engages the recess, as shown, and that its frortt end 2 . Re-hook the trigger rod and grip safety rod to their bars in the firing system before the system housing is swung back upward into place. The proper arrangement is shown. protrudes from the ejection port. "... 3 . When the firing system is in place, remember to reinstall the bolt cross pin before the action is put back into the stock.
