Manual

5. Hold the pistol firmly in the shooting hand but do not touch the trigger.
Keep the pistol pointed in a safe direction. With the thumb and forefinger of
the other hand grasp the top of the slide and pull the slide to the rear as far
as it will go (see Figure 5A, below). Use care to not place any part of your
hand in front of the muzzle (see “Slide Retraction Warning,” p. 20). When
released, the slide will fly forward to strip the top cartridge from the
magazine and chamber it. The hammer automatically moves to the semi-
cocked position as the slide moves forward.
WARNING: The pistol is ready for instant use when the trigger is pulled once
the slide moves fully forward. Be careful!
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FIGURE 5A
Retracting the slide.
Keep Hand Away From Muzzle!
6. Engage the safety by pushing the lever up until it clicks into the cut in the
slide.
7. If the pistol is not to be used immediately, the magazine should be removed
and the chamber unloaded.
8. The pistol is ready for instant use. When the pistol is in the “semi-cocked”
mode, the first shot can be fired double-action by pulling the trigger all the
way to the rear, which fully cocks and releases the hammer and then fires the
pistol. Subsequent shots are fired in the same way by releasing and then
pulling the trigger until the magazine is empty, the hammer being semi-
cocked by the slide as it recoils from each shot. After a shot is fired, the
trigger must be allowed to move fully forward. If the trigger is pulled before
the trigger mechanism fully resets (two “clicks”) the hammer may or may not
fire the cartridge.