Owner’s Manual 2007

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2.2. Functioning
General
The pistol FNP-9 is a modern 9mm Luger caliber autoloading,
single- and double-action pistol functioning on the principle of the
short recoil of the barrel.
With the chamber and the magazine loaded, the pistol will fire a
single shot each time the trigger is pulled until the magazine and the
chamber are empty.
The slide of this pistol is designed to stay open after the last cartridge
has been fired.
Operation of the hammer
If the hammer is not in the cocked position, the first shot will be
double-action with a heavier and longer trigger pull.
If, after firing a double-action shot, the hammer is not decocked by
the left or right decocking lever (Section 4.5), the following shots will
be single-action with a lighter and shorter trigger pull.
Hammer decocked
for double-action firing
Hammer cocked
for single-action firing