Owner's Manual

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cushion should the hammer accidentally fall). Apply slight
rearward pressure on the hammer.
4 Squeeze the trigger and allow the hammer to move forward slowly,
under control of your thumb.
WHEN THE HAMMER PASSES THE FULL-COCK POSITION REMOVE YOUR
FINGER FROM THE TRIGGER. THIS WILL ALLOW THE HAMMER TO CATCH
AT THE HALF-COCK POSITION SHOULD THE HAMMER SLIP FROM YOUR
THUMB. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS WARNING COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH.
Slowly allow the hammer to travel forward until it is stopped in the
half-cock position.
5 With the hammer in the half-cock position, again, draw the
hammer slightly rearward and squeeze the trigger until the
hammer moves forward past the half-cock position.
6 Ease the hammer against the firing pin. The hammer is now in the
dropped position.
SLIDE STOP
The slide stop is located on the left side of the pistol (Figure 9).
With an empty magazine inserted, the slide can be “locked” rearward
simply by grasping the serrations
on the rear of the slide and drawing
the slide fully rearward until the
slide stop automatically moves
upward into the recess in the slide.
(If an empty magazine is not
inserted, the slide stop must be
manually pushed upward into its
recess in the slide.) After the last
shot has been fired from the
magazine the slide will “lock”
DO NOT CARRY OR STORE THE PISTOL WITH THE HAMMER IN THE
HALF-COCK POSITION. THE HALF-COCK POSITION IS PROVIDED ONLY AS
A MEANS OF CATCHING THE HAMMER SHOULD IT SLIP FROM YOUR
THUMB WHILE LOWERING THE HAMMER FROM FULL-COCK TO DROPPED
POSITION OR WHEN COCKING THE PISTOL. IF THE HAMMER SHOULD SLIP
WHILE THE TRIGGER IS DEPRESSED, THE HALF-COCK NOTCH WILL NOT
PREVENT THE HAMMER FROM STRIKING THE FIRING PIN. KEEP YOUR
FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER WHEN YOU ARE COCKING THE HAMMER, AND
WHEN YOU ARE LOWERING THE HAMMER. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE
WARNINGS COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
FULL-COCK POSITION
In the full-cock position, the hammer is fully rearward (Figure 8). In
the full-cock position, with the “safety” in the off safe position, and
with a cartridge in the chamber, the pistol is ready to fire by pulling
the trigger.
LOWERING THE HAMMER
To lower the hammer from full-cock to the dropped position the
following procedure is recommended.
1 Place the “safety” in the on safe position.
2 Insert a magazine into the pistol.
3 Point the muzzle in a safe
direction and move the “safety”
into the off safe position. Place
your thumb over the hammer
with the point of your thumb
in the “V” between the hammer
and the firing pin (the tip of
your thumb will act as a
FIGURE 8
The hammer in the full-cock position.
FIGURE 9
The location and operation of the slide stop.