Owner's Manual

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1 Load a cartridge into the
chamber as explained previously.
Immediately place the “safety” in
the on safe position.
If the hammer has been placed
in the dropped position, point
the muzzle in a safe direction,
keep your finger away from the
trigger, cock the hammer with
your thumb and place the
“safety” in the on safe position.
THE PISTOL IS NOW READY TO FIRE. UNLESS SHOOTING IS IMMINENT,
IMMEDIATELY RETURN THE “SAFETY” TO THE ON SAFE POSITION.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS WARNING COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY
OR DEATH.
2 With a cartridge in the chamber, and the hammer in the full-cock
position you need only move the “safety” lever to the off safe
position to make the pistol ready for firing.
3 When ready to fire, move the “safety” lever down into the off safe
position, take aim and squeeze the trigger.
4 After a cartridge has been fired, the slide moves rearward, ejects the
empty case, then returns forward, loading a cartridge from the
magazine. You may continue to fire the pistol until the magazine is
empty by pulling the trigger to fire each cartridge.
After the last cartridge from the magazine is fired, the slide stop
automatically holds the slide in its open or rearward position. If
firing is no longer imminent, close the slide by pushing down on
the slide stop, lower the hammer to the dropped position and
remove the magazine.
2 Insert a loaded magazine into the pistol.
3 With the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, release the slide
forward by pushing downward on the slide stop with your thumb.
The slide will close under spring pressure and feed a cartridge from
the magazine into the chamber.
THE PISTOL IS NOW READY TO FIRE. UNLESS SHOOTING IS IMMINENT,
IMMEDIATELY RETURN THE “SAFETY” TO THE ON SAFE POSITION.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS WARNING COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY
OR DEATH.
4 If shooting is no longer imminent, point the muzzle in a safe
direction and immediately lower the hammer to the dropped
position as explained previously.
If you are finished shooting, the loaded cartridge should be
removed from the chamber as explained under “Unloading” on
pages 24-25.
FIRING
NEVER CHAMBER A CARTRIDGE OR MOVE THE “SAFETY” FROM THE
ON SAFE POSITION UNLESS SHOOTING IS IMMINENT. ALWAYS KEEP THE
MUZZLE POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE
WARNINGS COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
DO NOT USE UNORTHODOX SIGHTING METHODS. WHEN COCKING THE
PISTOL, YOU WILL HAVE OBSERVED THAT THE SLIDE TRAVELS REARWARD
PAST THE END OF THE PISTOL (FIGURE 15, PAGE 23). TO PREVENT THE
SLIDE FROM CAUSING INJURY IN ITS REARWARD MOVEMENT WHEN YOU
ARE SHOOTING, KEEP THE PISTOL AWAY FROM THE EYES OR FACE, AND
NEITHER HAND SHOULD BE IN A POSITION WHERE IT COULD BE HIT BY
THE SLIDE.
FIGURE 15
The slide travels rearward past the end of
the pistol.