Owner’s Manual 2016

Operation of the hammer

The single-action FN Five-seveN

pistol has a hidden (not visible)

hammer with decocked and cocked positions.

• Decocked position

The recommended position when shooting is not imminent or

for storage.

At this position, the hammer is fully fallen and resting against the inertia

firing pin which is not in contact with the primer of the round.

• Cocked position

Never try to decock a loaded FN Five-seveN

® pistol.

The hammer is all the way to the rear.

In the cocked position, with the manual safety at the (lower) ‘fire’

position and with a round in the chamber, the pistol is ready to fire by

pulling the trigger.

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 !

Decocked hammer

Cocked hammer

Views after having removed the slide assembly from the pistol

Hammer