Manual

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OPERATION OF MANUAL SAFETY
The model you have selected is equipped with special, manual, ambidextrous
safety levers that also allow you to decock (uncock) a cocked pistol without
manipulating the trigger. Conventional thumb decocking procedures are
therefore not necessary and should not be employed with this pistol.
To apply the manual safety and decock the pistol, point the pistol in a safe
direction. Move either the right- or left-hand safety lever downward and fully to
the “safe” position. When the safety is moved fully downward to the “safe”
position, the white dot is exposed through the hole in the side of the left safety
lever. In this position: (1) the firing pin is blocked from moving forward; (2) the
hammer is blocked from contacting the firing pin; (3) the trigger cannot be
pulled back far enough to release the hammer (at this point, the hammer will fall
to its forward (decocked) position); and (4) you can engage the internal lock. (See
p. 27.)
The safety mechanism provides that the hammer cannot contact the firing pin
unless the safety is disengaged. With the hammer cocked, actuating the safety
mechanism automatically drops the hammer onto the slide without contacting
the firing pin. Thus, the safety also serves as a decocking lever.
Add
itionally, the pistol has a separate internal firing pin block which will not allow
the firing pin to move forward and contact the cartridge until the operator pulls the
trigger with the safety off (in its “fire” position).
The pistol can and should be loaded and unloaded with the safety engaged in its
“safe” position (lever fully down, white dot exposed). The safety should be in its “safe”
position at all times except when the user is deliberately positioned to fire at a
selected target. When the safety is in the “fire” position (safety lever up) the red dot
is exposed through the hole in the left safety lever. See Figures 2 and 3, below, which
illustrate the two positions of the safety.
OPERATION OF MANUAL SAFETY
“SAFE” POSITION
“FIRE” POSITION
White dot exposed
Red dot exposed
FIGURE 2 FIGURE 3