Manual

&CAUTION: YOU COULD DAMAGE YOUR PISTOL WHEN YOU FIRE, OR AT-
TEMPT TO FIRE IF THE RECOIL SPRING PLUG IS NOT CORRECTLY SEATED
AND LOCKED AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
7. (A, B & C) After assembling the pistol, check its function as follows:
Remove Magazine. Pull the slide back fully and let it go. It should fly forward
and close over the empty chamber. The hammer should stay cocked. Push the
safety up and squeeze the trigger. The hammer should stay cocked. Push the
safety down and squeeze the trigger. The hammer should fall. Pull the hammer
back slightly without touching the trigger. You should hear a click as the sear
slips on to the safety shelf. Lower the hammer to engage the safety shelf. Now
squeeze the trigger again and note that the hammer falls forward off the safety
shelf.
Insert an empty magazine. Pull the slide back fully and let it go. It should NOT
fly forward. Look into the ejection port at the front face of the slide. Make sure
the firing pin is not sticking through the hole.* Hold the slide, push down on the
slide stop and ease the slide fully forward. Put your thumb on the hammer,
squeeze the trigger and ease the hammer forward.
*
If you find the firing pin sticking forward or if your pistol discharges when
you close the slide, do not use it. Return it to the Colt factory.
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SAFETY DEPENDS ON YOU