Safety Instructions

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PISTOL DESCRIPTION AND TERMINOLOGY
The names of basic pistol parts used in this Instruction Manual are presented in Fig. 1
on the inner side of the left-hand cover. Nomenclature of all CZ P-09 parts are presented in
the section List of Parts.
The CZ P-09 pistol is a semi-automatic handgun incorporating short recoil, designed for
aimed shooting up to 50 m distances. The CZ P-09 utilizes the locked breech principle. It is
fitted with a trigger mechanism adapted to operate both in SA and DA modes of fire, a firing
pin safety, safety stop on the hammer and manual safety which can be easily disassembled
and substituted by a hammer decocking element. The frame is made from plastic material.
Characteristic features of the CZ P-09 are:
- Comfortable grip and balance in either hand
- Good results at instinctive shooting (without aiming)
- Low trigger pull weight
- High accuracy of fire
- Long service life
- High reliability, even with various types of cartridges
- Sights adapted also for aiming under reduced visibility conditions
- The slide stays open after the last cartridge has been fired
- Suitable for everyday service gun toting
- The standard pistol version provided with ambidextrous safety or ambidextrous
decocking element
- Mutual interchangeability of the safety and hammer decocking element
- The front part of the frame provided with grooves for applying special accessories