Manual

11
Action:The strong locked breech action of the RUGER
®
LC9
TM
utilizes a tilting
barrel design in which the barrel and slide are locked together at the moment of
firing. After firing, the barrel and slide recoil to the rear a short distance while
securely locked together. After this initial movement, the barrel is cammed
downward from its locked position, permitting full recoil of the slide and the
extraction and ejection of the spent cartridge case. Upon return of the slide to its
forward position by the recoil spring, the barrel is cammed back upward into its
locked position in the slide.
The user of this or any autoloading pistol must always remember that when fired, it
automatically reloads and recocks itself, so that simply pulling the trigger will fire
the pistol again. Therefore, an autoloading pistol user must be particularly
conscious to always keep the pistol pointed in a safe direction.
Slide Hold Open:
This allows the user to manually lock the slide open. Note: when
the last shot has been fired and the magazine is empty, the slide hold open
automatically holds the slide open. If a loaded magazine is inserted in the pistol
when the slide is closed and the slide is then retracted fully, the slide hold open will
not automatically hold open the slide. The user can actuate the slide hold open
mechanism to hold the slide open at any time by retracting the slide and pushing
the slide hold open up.
The slide hold open can be released by drawing back slightly on the slide. When the
slide is released, it will move forward under pressure from the recoil spring.
The slide hold open is held in place by a spring. Therefore, when there is a loaded
magazine in place and the pistol is jarred, the slide can fly forward and chamber a
cartridge. For this reason and as an essential safety practice, the user should always
be careful to keep fingers away from the trigger, and always keep the pistol pointed
in a safe direction.
Magazines:
The Ruger 9mm magazine, included with your RUGER
®
LC9
TM
, has
been specifically designed for the RUGER
®
LC9
TM
pistol and is not
interchangeable with other Ruger pistol magazines even though it may appear
similar and may hold 9mm cartridges. Use of incorrect magazines in any pistol will
result in malfunctions.
DAMAGED, NON-STANDARD, OR IMPROPERLY
ASSEMBLED MAGAZINES SHOULD NOT BE USED.
THEY CAN CAUSE THE PISTOL TO MALFUNCTION.
AMMUNITION
The RUGER
®
LC9
TM
pistols are chambered for the 9mm cartridge. Do not
attempt to load any other cartridges into the magazine or chamber of the pistol.
Do not use “
+
P
+
” ammunition. (See “NOTE on
+
P Ammunition” on pg. 12.)
The RUGER
®
LC9
TM
pistols are compatible with standard factory ammunition
loaded to U.S. Industry Standards, including hollow-point loads loaded in brass
or aluminum cases. No 9mm ammunition manufactured in accordance with
NATO, U.S., SAAMI, or CIP standards is known to be beyond the design limits or
known not to function in these pistols.