1. Tools of the trade: 1/16” nail punch (also called pin punches), 1/8” nail punch, Philips screwdriver, and the little allen wrench that came with the KSC Mk23. 2. This is what the gun looks like when you start. 3. Take out the mag, cock the hammer, and turn off the safety. 4. Align the notch on the left side of the slide with the pin on the takedown lever. 5. Pull the takedown lever out, watching out for the spring. 6. Slide the slide forward and off the frame. 7. We’re going to use the1/8” nail punch to… 8. …remove the pin at the base of the grip, where the lanyard attaches. To do this, you have to push the base towards the hammer, while simultaneously using the 1/8” nail punch to push the pin out. 9. When you’re done, you should see the hammer spring and a guide rod running along the posterior wall of the grip 10. To remove the trigger, I had to cheat and use the allen wrench, since I didn’t have anything smaller than a 1/16” nail punch 11. Insert your tool of choice into the little hole on the right side of the gun, just above the trigger. With a hammer, gently tap whatever you inserted, in order to remove the pin holding the trigger in place. 12. When you’re done, you should have the trigger plus another pin. 13. Next we’ll remove the safety assembly using the allen wrench. Notice the screw on the posteroinferior margin of the right safety lever. 14. Use the allen wrench to remove that sucker. 15. And then remove the right safety lever. 16. WATCH OUT when you turn the gun over onto its right side. DO NOT LET THE LEFT SAFETY LEVER BREAK CONTACT THE FRAME! There is a little spring-loaded ball bearing underneath the left safety lever that can pop out if you are not careful. Very slowly lift out the left safety lever, being mindful of the BB and spring. 17. Even though the safety levers are removed, we still have to fish out two small pieces of the safety assembly that are inside the frame. Use the allen wrench to fish out the part that is shown. It should come out freely as it is the not connected to anything else. 18. The part you should have recovered should look like an eye-hole with a projection going towards the top of the gun; the projection has a ridge. 19. Now flip the gun over so it rests on its left side; fish out the final part of the safety assembly. 20. The piece that you fished out of the left side of the gun is longer than the analogous part on the right side; it also lacks a ridge, which should help you distinguish the two. 21. You should have four pieces of the safety assembly plus the screw. Now is a good time to reassemble them so you don’t forget their orientation when it comes time to reassemble the gun. (There used to be a picture here but it is wrong; I'll get one up ASAP.) 22. After removing the safety, we have exposed another pin. From the right side of the gun, use the 1/16” nail punch to remove this pin. 23. That’s the one… 24. From the top, you can see that there’s also a screw holding the frame in place. Use your Philips to remove it. 25. The last thing we have to remove before we can separate the parts of the frame is the decocking lever. To remove it, you have to get your fingernail right up under it… 26. …and just pull it out. 27. Now separate the two parts of the frame. 28. They should look like this. Notice we can see the guide rod for the hammer spring. 29. If we flip it over onto its left side, we can see a spring. 30. Remove the rod and the spring. 31. We’re going to flip the gun over again. On the left side of the gun, we can see a little hexagonal screw. I want you to unscrew it (and cut the red wire). 32. This action should liberate the piece underneath the screw, also. Remove both. 33. This exposes the end of a pin that can be push out using the 1/16” nail punch. 34. So do it. 35. I hate this pin. There’re a lot of parts using it as an axis, so it’s a little tricky trying to get them all back together. The picture shows all the parts laid out from left to right. 36-39 show what the parts should look like when you assemble them onto the pin. (View is as if you are looking at the parts from a vantage point to the right of the gun.) 40 shows the view as if you were looking at the parts from a vantage point to the left of the gun. 41. Ah, infamous part 66. Just use your finger to push it out. 42-43. Again, use the 1/16” nail punch. This time, we are removing a cylinder holding the hammer and a spring in place. 44. These are the parts you just removed. 45-46. These pictures show the orientation of the spring, hammer, and cylinder. 47. This is the last part to come out.