Manual

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sig pro™
Service and Repairs
9 Pistol Service and Repairs
9.1 Cause and correction of malfunctions
Pistol maintenance (cleaning and inspection) according to the
instructions can prevent malfunctions. Should, nevertheless, a
malfunction occur during shooting, proceed as follows:
Hold pistol pointed in the firing direction (safe direction)
and keep your finger off trigger 19 while you carry out the
operations described in the following.
1. Remove and safeguard the magazine.
2. Draw back slide 4 and arrest it in the open position by
thumbing up slide catch lever 17.
3. Verify (visually or with a tool) that there is no bullet, round,
case or foreign body in the barrel bore or chamber (see
Fig. 3, page GB 10). If a projectile is lodged in the bore, strip
the pistol (see Sect. 7.1) and have the blockage removed
with a suitable tool by a qualified gunsmith.
4. Remove all rounds, cases or foreign bodies. Clean, lubricate
and assemble the pistol (see Sect. 7.2/7.3).
5. Have the pistol inspected by an armourer or gunsmith.
Assembly/Malfunction
Ammunition feed:
No round chambered.
Slide:
Slide does not close properly.
Potential Cause
Magazine not properly inserted,
deformed or dirty.
Pistol or rounds dirty or too
heavily greased.
Pistol defective.
Potential Remedy
Insert magazine properly
or replace it.
Strip, clean and lubricate pistol
(see Sect. 7.1–7.3); clean or re p l a c e
a m m u n i t i o n .
Repair by manufacturer.
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