Manual

Firearms Handling

You have the pistol and the ammo, and you've read and understood all the safety

instructions. You know about decocking the pistol by using the decocking lever

(which doesn't apply if you have the DAO). Now, you're ready to use the pistol.

Removing the magazine

Remove the magazine by pressing the magazine catch.

Retracting the slide

Draw back the slide, and engage it by pushing up the slide catch lever.

Loading the magazine

1. Press down on the magazine follower with the cartridge case rim.

2. Push the cartridge to the rear and under the magazine lips.

3. Continue until the magazine holds the desired number of cartridges.

Loading the pistol

1. Insert a loaded magazine and make sure it has engaged the magazine catch.

2. Push down the slide catch lever with your thumb, or draw back the slide as far

as it will go and allow it to snap forward into battery. This cocks the hammer (on

the DAO, the hammer will be in the down position) and chambers a round.

3. Push down the decocking lever with your thumb. The pistol is now loaded,

safe and ready to fire in double-action mode. Keep your finger off the trigger

while you do this.

Reloading during shooting

When the magazine is empty, the slide catch lever holds the slide open. Press the

magazine catch to remove the empty magazine and insert a loaded one. Push

down the slide catch lever with the thumb of the shooting hand, or draw back the

slide and allow it to snap forward. The pistol is again loaded and ready to fire in

the single-action mode*.

Unloading the pistol

Pointing the pistol in a safe direction, keep your finger off the trigger and remove

the magazine. Pull back the slide and lock it with the slide catch lever. Make sure

the last round in the chamber has been extracted and ejected. Visually and physical-

ly check the chamber and the magazine well to make sure pistol has been unloaded.

Now release the slide on an empty chamber. Depress the decocking lever*.

The pistol is now unloaded, decocked and safe.

* Not valid for the DAO. See page 7 of this manual.