Owner’s Manual 2009

2.2. Functioning

The Five-seveN

pistol is a modern 5.7 x 28 mm single-action,

delayed blowback recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol.

With the chamber and the magazine loaded (as described in § 4.3 and

§ 4.4) and the manual safety at the (lower) ‘fire’ position, the pistol will fire

a single shot with each successive pull of the trigger until the magazine and

the chamber are empty.

The slide of this pistol is designed to stay open after the last round has been

fired.

Loaded chamber indicator

If the loaded chamber indicator, located at the left side on top of the

pistol, is protruding, this means that there is a round in the

chamber.

As the hammer of the Five-seveN

pistol is not visible (so

that its condition cannot be determined at a glance),

ALWAYS consider the pistol as ready-to-fire when the

loaded chamber indicator is protruding and the manual

safety is at the (lower) ‘fire’ position !

Loaded chamber

indicator