Manual

OPERATION OF MAGAZINE DISCONNECT

Your RUGER

LC9

pistol is equipped with a magazine disconnect. This

device prevents firing if the magazine is removed from the pistol. You will not be

able to use your LC9

pistol as a single loader (unless you place one cartridge

in the magazine and insert it into the pistol) or to fire the pistol with the

magazine out of the pistol.

REMEMBER THAT A ROUND MAY STILL BE IN THE CHAMBER AND

THAT THE PISTOL MAY STILL BE LOADED EVEN IF THE MAGAZINE IS

REMOVED. AS SOON AS AN EMPTY MAGAZINE IS INSERTED, A

ROUND IN THE CHAMBER CAN BE FIRED BY PULLING THE TRIGGER.

BE CAREFUL! AS ALWAYS, YOU SHOULD NOT RELY UPON THE MAGAZINE

DISCONNECT OR ANY OTHER MECHANICAL DEVICE OR SAFETY TO JUSTIFY

CARELESS OR UNSAFE HANDLING OF ANY FIREARM.

Don’t rely on your memory or the word of others to know if a gun or magazine is

loaded. Visually inspect the magazine and the chamber to be certain.

TO LOAD AND FIRE (WITH MAGAZINE)

Practice this important aspect of safe gun handling with an unloaded pistol

until you can perform each of the steps described below with skill and

confidence. But before you do anything with the pistol, first read completely

through this manual.

1. Be certain the muzzle is pointed in a safe direction. (See “The Basic Rules of

Safe Firearms Handling,” p. 34.)

2. Press the magazine latch and remove the magazine from the frame.

NOTE: The magazine is designed to fall free of the frame when the pistol is

held in the normal firing position, but you should always prevent possible

damage to the magazine by not letting it drop to the ground unless rapid

reloading is absolutely necessary.

3. Place seven (7) or fewer 9mm cartridges into the magazine from the top.

4. Insert the magazine into the frame, taking care that the magazine is locked

in place by the magazine latch. Slamming the magazine into the frame

forcibly is not necessary.