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,
and cock the hammer with your thumb.
THE PISTOL IS NOW READY TO FIRE. UNLESS SHOOTING IS IMMINENT,
IMMEDIATELY RETURN THE “SAFETY” TO THE ON SAFE POSITION.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE WARNINGS 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 in 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.
AFTER THE LAST CARTRIDGE HAS BEEN FIRED, OR WHEN SHOOTING IS NO
LONGER IMMINENT, IMMEDIATELY PLACE THE “SAFETY” IN THE ON SAFE
POSITION. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE WARNINGS COULD RESULT IN
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
THE PISTOL IS NOW READY TO FIRE. UNLESS SHOOTING IS IMMINENT,
IMMEDIATELY RETURN THE “SAFETY” TO THE ON SAFE POSITION.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE WARNINGS 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. YOU WILL HAVE
OBSERVED WHEN COCKING THE
PISTOL THAT THE SLIDE MOVES
REARWARD ABOUT 1½" PAST THE
REAR OF THE FRAME (FIGURE 16).
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 16
The slide moves rearward about 1½" past the
end of the frame.