Manual

SIG 556 Operators Manual 32 P/N 1511203 VER 12.7.2
Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction and your finger away
from the trigger when cocking any firearm.
Never carry or leave unattended any firearm which is cocked and
ready to fire! When cocked, it could fire from slight pressure on
the trigger. An accidental discharge could easily result if you fall
or drop the firearm, or if the firearm is struck or disturbed by
someone or something.
Never fire any firearm with your finger, hand, face, or other part
of your body over or adjacent to the ejection port, or in any posi-
tion where you may be struck by reciprocating movement of the
breech. Both the ejection of empty cartridge cases and the move-
ment of the breech are part of the normal operating cycle of
firearms, and pose no safety hazard to the shooter if the firearm is
held in a normal grip and fired at arm’s length.
Never allow other persons to stand beside you where they might
be struck by an ejected cartridge case. The case is hot, and may
be ejected with sufficient force to cause a burn, cut or injury to an
unprotected eye. Make certain there is a clear, unobstructed path
for safe ejection of the fired case. Remember, the case may
bounce off a hard object nearby and strike you or someone else.
If, while shooting, your firearm develops a mechanical malfunc-
tion or binding, or “spits” powder/gas, or if a cartridge primer is
punctured or a cartridge case is bulged or ruptured, or if the report
on firing does not sound quite right, STOP SHOOTING IMME-
DIATELY! It may be dangerous to continue. UNLOAD THE
FIREARM – do NOT try “one more shot”. Take the firearm and
the ammunition to a gunsmith for examination.
While shooting any firearm, an unfired cartridge or fired cartridge
case may occasionally become jammed between the bolt and the
barrel. Clear the jam as follows, WHILE KEEPING THE
MUZZLE POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION: Remove the
magazine, then pull back the bolt by way of the charging handle
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