Remove magazine, draw back slide, check that NO ammunition is in
the gun. Release slide, release safety, with gun pointed in safe
direction, pull trigger. Use a pen or pencil to push in the round
tab on the rear of the slide. While holding it in, lift the back
end of the slide, and move it forward off the barrel. The firing
pin/striker and its spring can be removed from its channel in the
slide. STOP. Do not disassemble any further.