Safety & Maintenance Instructions

DDM4
®
/ DD5
®
MANUAL P 23
WARNING: THE BOLT CARRIER GROUP BEING LATCHED OPEN IS
NOT A SAFE CONDITION WHEN A LOADED MAGAZINE IS INSTALLED.
3. Return charging handle fully forward until it locks and remove nger from bolt
catch.
4. Set safety selector lever (located on both sides of the lower receiver) to
“SAFE”; this will lock the trigger.
5. With bullet points facing forward, insert the loaded magazine into the
magazine well and push upward until it stops and is locked by the magazine
catch. When the magazine is inserted, pull down on the magazine to ensure it
is fully seated in the magazine well.
Note: Most common magazines loaded to full capacity cannot be seated
in any AR15/M4/M16 platform if the bolt is forward. To seat a fully-loaded
magazine, be sure the bolt is locked to rear with the bolt catch.
6. Keeping ngers away from the ejection port and muzzle pointed in a safe
direction, press in on top of the thumb piece of the bolt catch. This will release
the bolt carrier group to move forward and feed a round from the magazine
into the chamber.
WARNING: THE FIREARM IS NOW LOADED WITH A ROUND IN THE
CHAMBER AND THE HAMMER IS COCKED.
7. You may now close the ejection port dust cover if you wish. The cover
is located on the right-hand side of the upper receiver and will open
automatically when the rst round is red.
WARNING: NEVER LEAVE YOUR FIREARM COCKED AND LOCKED (READY
TO FIRE WITHOUT SELECTOR LEVER BEING SET TO SAFE) AS THIS IS THE