Manual

LOADING
•Do not load the pistol until you are ready to use it.
•Keep your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard
until you are ready to fire.
WARNING: In 2001, a magazine safety was added to
all Sport Series Pistols. Pistols with a magazine
safety are designed to disengage the trigger linkage,
and thereby prevent the trigger from firing the pistol
when the magazine is removed from the pistol. Never place
your finger on the trigger or in the trigger guard while you
remove the magazine. Doing so could cause the handgun to
fire. After inserting a magazine, always test to make sure it
is locked in place by applying some removal pressure to the
exposed portion of the magazine butt plate.
Smith & Wesson Sport Series pistols manufactured
prior to the addition of the magazine safety will fire
with the magazine removed and are marked
“CAUTION - CAPABLE OF FIRING WITHOUT MAGAZINE”
If the magazine is removed with a round left in the chamber, be
sure to holster or otherwise safely secure the pistol under your
direct control while the magazine is being reloaded.
•Only use Smith & Wesson magazines specifically
manufactured for your particular model of pistol. Do not
interchange magazines from one model pistol into another
model pistol.
Smith & Wesson has provided you with a magazine
designed to operate in your specific model of pistol. While
your magazine may be able to be inserted into another
model pistol, it will only function properly in the specific
model for which it was designed.
•Follow instructions in this manual and any other specific
instructions which may be marked onto, or accompany, a
magazine. Failure to use the particular type of Smith &
Wesson magazine specified for your model and caliber of
pistol may result in a malfunction.
Load the magazine by first pulling the follower down as you
insert a cartridge rim (rear of cartridge) downward on the
forward portion of the magazine follower (or downward on
the case of the previously loaded cartridge) and sliding the
cartridge fully under the lips of the magazine until the
cartridge rim is against the rear wall of the magazine. (Fig. 8)
Repeat the procedure for the number of cartridges you wish
to load, up to the magazine capacity. Do not attempt to load
your magazine with more than the specified number of
cartridges because doing so can cause a feeding failure.
•Place the manual safety in the safe (up) position.
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FIGURE 8