Manual

TO LOAD AND FIRE

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,” page 42.)

2. Pull the slide fully to the rear until the slide stops, and lock it open. (See Figure

7.)

3. Press the magazine latch inward from either side and remove the magazine from

the frame. NOTE: The magazine is designed to fall free of the frame of its own

weight when unloaded, the slide is locked open and the pistol is held in the normal

firing position. You should always prevent possible damage to the magazine by not

letting it drop to the ground unless rapid reloading is absolutely necessary.

4. For the 10-rd magazines, place ten or fewer

9mm Parabellum cartridges into the magazine

from the top. For the 17-rd magazine, place

seventeen or fewer cartridges in the magazine.

For the 15-rd magazine, place fifteen or fewer

cartridges in the magazine. The magazine has

holes on the side to assist in counting the

number of cartridges in the magazine. NOTE:

When using the 17-round magazine in the

SR9

, use the Magazine Adapter to ensure

reliable feeding.

5. 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.

6. 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 rear

of the slide and pull the slide to the rear as far as it will go (see

Figure 7, below and “Slide Retraction Warning”, p. 19). When released, the slide

will fly forward to strip the top cartridge from the magazine and chamber it.

FIGURE 7

Retracting the Slide