Manual

1. Keep your finger off the trigger and point the pistol in a safe direction. Hold the pistol

in your shooting hand.

2. Draw the slide back completely to its rearmost position, then allow the slide to snap

forward into the "baltery" (ready to fire) position. These actions move a round of

ammunition from the magazine to the chamber and cock the pistol's hammer. (Operating

the slide in other than a positive manner may cause a misfeed and/or jam in the pistol.)

3. With the pistol pointed at the intended target (and in a safe direction), ensure the thumb"

sa.ety is set to the "FIRE" position as shown in Figure 1. The pistol is now ready to fire,

4. With the pistol pointed at the intended target (and in a safe direction), squeeze the

trigger to fire the round in the chamber. When the round has

fired,

the expended cartridge

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be ejected and another round automatically loaded into the chamber from the magazine.

If the next round is not to be fired immediately, move the thumb safety to the "SAFE"

position until you are ready to fire again.

5. After firing the last shot, the slide stop will hold the slide in the open position.

VISUALLY EXAMINE TilE CHAMBER TO ENSURE IT IS EMPTY

TO CLEAR

A JAM

WARruNG: DO NOT FORCE TilE SLIDE Snlfl IF A ROIIND MISrEEII~ "'1

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ENsimElIlE PISfOL REMAINS rUIN lED IN A SArE DIRECTION.

1. With the pistol pointed in a safe direction and your finger off of the trigger, engage the

thumb safety.

2. Press the magazine latch to the right to release the magazine and remove the magazine

from the pistoL

WARNING: DO NOT LOOK INTO TilE CIIAMDER DURING TillS OPERl\lm'f.

3. While ensuring the pistol is pointed in a safe direction and keeping your finger off of the

trigger, pull the slide to its rearmost position and lock it by pushlRg up on the slide stop.

4. If the jammed round was not ejected by pulling back the slide; working ONLY from the

chamber area of the slide, use a small wood or plastic rod (sharpened on the working end)

to gently remove the cartridge from the chamber. 00 NOT USE A METAL 101ll

WARNING: USE OF A METAL TOUL MAY rUNC1URE

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CAUSE if TO rmE.

WAItNINJj: DO NO I INSERT ArJYJI!1fJ~llm""'HI HIE MUZZlE or

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5. When the jammed round has been removed, carefully inspect the pistol to ensure a round

did not lodge in the magazine well of the grip frame.

6. Inspect the magazine for proper ammunition loading prior to reinserting into pistol.

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