Owner’s Manual 2009

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4.4. Loading the pistol
It is assumed that the chamber of the pistol is empty, that no magazine has been
inserted, that the slide is at its forward position and that the manual safety is at
the (raised) ‘safe’ position.
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Insert a loaded magazine into the handgrip and firmly seat it
until it locks into position (Fig. 1).
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Being extremely careful not to touch the trigger, hold the pistol in
your shooting hand, point in a safe direction, pull the slide
completely rearwards with your support hand and then release
the slide which returns by the tension of the return spring (Fig. 2).
This causes the first round to be loaded into the chamber and the
hammer to be cocked (the loaded chamber indicator protrudes in order to
indicate the presence of a round in the chamber).
In order to ensure a correct chambering of the round, let the slide “slam”
forwards under the force of the spring, do not ease it forwards.
Be careful ! If the manual safety is now set at the (lower) ‘fire’ position,
the pistol can be fired by pulling the trigger !
If shooting is not imminent, it is recommended to unload (as described in
§ 4.7) and then decock the cocked hammer (as described in § 4.8) for
proper storage.
Never try to decock a loaded Five-seveN
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pistol !
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Fig. 1 Fig. 2