Owner’s Manual 2010

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DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE THE HAMMER TO THE
DECOCKED POSITION BY PULLING THE TRIGGER AND
LOWERING THE HAMMER WITH YOUR THUMB. YOUR THUMB
MAY SLIP AND CAUSE THE PISTOL TO FIRE, POSSIBLY
CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH.
THE HAMMER SHOULD ONLY BE LOWERED TO THE
DECOCKED POSITION USING THE AMBIDEXTROUS
“SAFETY”/DECOCKING LEVER. WHEN DECOCKING THE
HAMMER, ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR PISTOL IS POINTED
IN A SAFE DIRECTION AND KEEP YOUR FINGERS AWAY
FROM THE TRIGGER. ALWAYS BE SURE TO FULLY DEPRESS
THE AMBIDEXTROUS “SAFETY”/DECOCKING LEVER TO
LOWER THE HAMMER FROM THE FULL COCK TO THE
DECOCKED POSITION. BE SURE THE HAMMER MOVES
COMPLETELY TO THE DECOCKED POSITION. UNLESS
SHOOTING IS IMMINENT, IMMEDIATELY PLACE THE
“SAFETY” IN THE ON SAFE POSITION.
9. AMBIDEXTROUS SLIDE STOP
WHEN USING THE AMBIDEXTROUS SLIDE STOP TO CLOSE
THE SLIDE, ALWAYS KEEP THE MUZZLE POINTED IN A
SAFE DIRECTION AND KEEP YOUR FINGERS AWAY FROM
THE TRIGGER. UNLESS SHOOTING IS IMMINENT, ALWAYS
REMOVE THE MAGAZINE FROM THE PISTOL BEFORE
CLOSING THE SLIDE TO PREVENT INADVERTENTLY LOADING
A CARTRIDGE FROM THE MAGAZINE INTO THE CHAMBER.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE WARNINGS COULD RESULT
IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
With a cartridge in the chamber and the magazine inserted, the pistol is
now ready for firing with a pull on the trigger.
8.2. DECOCKING FUNCTION
WHEN DECOCKING YOUR PISTOL ALWAYS KEEP THE
MUZZLE POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION AND KEEP YOUR
FINGERS AWAY FROM THE TRIGGER. IMMEDIATELY PLACE
THE “SAFETY” IN THE ON SAFE POSITION. FAILURE TO
FOLLOW THESE WARNINGS COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH.
The “safety”/decocking lever also
functions as a decocking lever. The
“safety”/decocking lever is the
appropriate method of lowering the
hammer from full cock to the
decocked position without having to
depress the trigger. With the muzzle
pointed in a safe direction and your
finger away from the trigger, simply
depress the ambidextrous “safety”/
decocking lever fully with your thumb
(Figure 8). The hammer will lower to
the decocked position and the
ambidextrous “safety”/decocking lever will return to the off safe position.
This requires firm pressure on the “safety”/decocking lever. Do not press
the “safety”/decocking lever partially downward, leaving the hammer in the
full cock position, and assume the pistol is on safe.
If the hammer does not move from the full cock position to the decocked
position, the “safety”/decocking lever has not been depressed fully. The
“safety” is not in the on safe position until the lever covers the entire
red dot on the frame.
FIGURE 8
Place the hammer in the decocked position
using the ambidextrous decocking lever.
Ambidextrous Decocking Lever