Owner’s Manual 2010

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4. Install the correct mounting plate, lining up the pins on the mounting
plate with the holes in the slide as shown in Figure 34 (Docter
®
) or
Figure 35 (Trijicon
®
).
5. Place the sight onto the mounting plate, lining up the holes in the sight
with the mounting plate pins.
6. Prior to final assembly, make sure the screws are the correct length,
diameter and thread.
Apply a drop of medium-strength threadlocker to the mounting screws
and tighten them with T10 Torx
®
wrench (Docter
®
) or T15 Torx
®
wrench
(Trijicon
®
).
7. Tighten #5 screws to 15 in-lbs. and 20 in-lbs. for #6 screws.
Notice! DO NOT
OVERTIGHTEN THE SCREWS.
7. Assemble the pistol as described
in Section 17.3. The Trijicon
®
sight is shown on the FNP-45
Tactical in Figure 36.
8. Zero the sight according to the
manufacturers’ instructions.
21. MOUNTING ELECTRONIC SIGHTS
BEFORE MOUNTING A SIGHT, MAKE SURE THE PISTOL IS
COMPLETELY UNLOADED (SECTION 16). ALWAYS KEEP THE
MUZZLE POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION AND PLACE THE
“SAFETY” IN THE ON SAFE POSITION. FAILURE TO FOLLOW
THESE WARNINGS COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY
OR DEATH.
The slide of FNP-45 Tactical and Competition models is modified to accept
an optional electronic red dot sight (electronic sights not included). Two
mounting plates are included to fit Trijicon
®
or Docter
®
red dot electronic
sights (Figure 32). Other electronic sights may be installed without a
mounting plate. Due to the variety of electronic sights available we do not
offer mounting hardware for all of them. The mounting hole sizes and
threads are 6-32 and 5-40.
21.1. DOCTER
®
AND TRIJICON
®
ELECTRONIC SIGHTS
1. Completely unload the pistol as described in Section 16.
2. Disassemble the pistol as described in Section 17.1.
3. Use a T10 TORX
®
wrench to remove the two screws that hold the slide
cap in place and remove the slide cap (Figure 33).
Docter
®
Mounting Plate
Trijicon
®
Mounting Plate
FIGURE 32
Two mounting plates are included.
FIGURE 34
Docter
®
installation.
FIGURE 33
Remove the slide cap.
FIGURE 35
Trijicon
®
installation.
FIGURE 36
Trijicon
®
sight installed with mounting plate.