Manual

06.01– US12 –
Mauser M2
Handling the Pistol
5. Check visually and physically that the round was ejected
and that no other round is chambered (Fig. 3).
6. Depress slide catch lever 26. Slide 4 will be released
forward.
7. The loaded chamber indicator 16 shows there is no car-
tridge in the chamber.
8. Pull the trigger 21 to fully decock the pistol.
9. Move the safety 37 to position S (external safety models
only).
10.Empty magazine.
11.Pick up and clean ejected round.
The pistol is unloaded and decocked. It must be cleaned
after every shooting session (see Sect. 7).
5.8.2 Unloading the pistol, magazine empty, slide open
The pistol must not be put down and out of your hand
until the magazine is removed and the pistol is unloaded
and, for external safety models, set on safe.
Procedure
1. Keep the muzzle of the pistol pointed in a safe direction.
2. Depress magazine catch 43 and remove the magazine
(see Fig. 2, page 11).
3. Check visually and physically that no round is chambered
(Fig. 3).
4. D e p ress slide catch lever 2 6. Slide 4 will be re l e a s e d
f o rw a rd .
5. The loaded chamber indicator shows that there is no
cartridge in the cartridge chamber.
6. Pull trigger 21 to fully decock the pistol.
7. Move the safety 37 to position S (external safety models
only).
The pistol is unloaded, decocked and set on safe.
Fig. 3
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