Manual

14
INSPECTING
YOUR PISTOL
PRIOR TO FIRING
When you inspect your pistol, you should first check for yourself
to ensure that it is unloaded. To do this, grasp the pistol with
your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard, point the
pistol in a safe direction, depress the magazine release, and
remove the magazine (Figure 3). With the pistol still pointing in
a safe direction, grasp the
serrated sides of the slide from
the rear with the thumb and
fingers as shown in Figure 4,
and briskly draw the slide fully
rearward in order to extract any
cartridge from the barrel
chamber and clear it from the
pistol. Do not obstruct the ejec-
tion port because doing so can
interfere with ejection of a car-
tridge and thereby creates the
risk of exploding an uncham-
bered cartridge and possible
injury. Lock the slide in the open
position, by allowing the slide to
move slightly forward from the
rearmost position while pressing
upward on the slide stop. You
are now able to safety check the
mouth of the barrel chamber visually for any obstructions (Figure
4). At the same time, observe the breech face (Figure 5) to
ensure that the firing pin is not protruding from the breech face.
(Figures 5 & 6). Finally, ensure that the slide moves freely along
the frame through its full length of travel (Figure 7). Always lock
the slide in the “open” position as described above. You must
follow this procedure every time your firearm is inspected,
cleaned, handed to another person, transported or stored.
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 5
FIGURE 6
FIGURE 7
Firing Pin
Protruding
NO
Firing Pin
Protruding