Manual

STORAGE

GUNS SHOULD NOT BE STORED LOADED!

Do not keep the pistol stored in a leather holster or case. Leather attracts moisture,

even though the holster or case may appear to be perfectly dry.

Sturm, Ruger also offers gun safes for sale as a means to secure more than one

firearm. Please call the Heritage Safe Co. at 1-800-515-7233 for details and ordering

information.

TO RENDER THE PISTOL INOPERATIVE FOR SAFE STORAGE

With the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, remove the magazine, retract the slide,

and check the chamber to be sure the pistol is completely unloaded! Keep the muzzle

pointed in a safe direction. Move the slide rearward slightly then carefully pry loose

and remove the takedown pin from the left side of the pistol frame until it is

withdrawn completely out of the frame. Now remove the slide and barrel assembly by

sliding it forward off the front of the frame.

Store the pistol’s frame and the barrel/slide assembly in different locations. When

disassembled in this manner, this pistol is inoperable. It is impossible to fire the

pistol until the barrel/slide assembly and frame have been correctly reassembled.

To reassemble the pistol for firing, carefully slide the barrel/slide assembly onto the

frame. Push the takedown pin fully into the frame from the left. Reinsert an empty

magazine. The pistol is now reassembled and can be loaded and fired normally.

While the pistol is less likely to be used by unauthorized persons when

disassembled in the above manner, it is always safest to store any firearm with the

supplied locking device correctly installed, or to store the firearm in a gun safe or

other secure location away from children and unauthorized adults. Guns should

always be stored securely, unloaded

and separate from their ammunition.

USE THE LOCKING DEVICE SUPPLIED WITH THE PISTOL FOR STORAGE.

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Never place or store any firearm in such a

manner that it may be dislodged. Firearms

should always be stored securely and unloaded,

away from children and careless adults. Use the

locking device originally supplied with this

firearm for storage.

The use of a locking device or safety lock is only

one aspect of responsible firearms storage. For

increased safety, firearms should be stored

unloaded and locked in a location that is both

separate from their ammunition and inaccessible

to children and any other unauthorized person.

STORE SECURELY & UNLOADED

WARNING –STORAGE