Manual

DECOCKING
If you decide not to fire and your handgun is in the fully cocked
position, you must follow these instructions to safely decock the
handgun.
• Remove your trigger finger from the trigger and out of the
trigger guard. (Figure 12).
• Place the safety lever in the fully up “safe” position.
• Remove the magazine from the firearm.
• Place the safety lever in the fully down “fire” position.
•Draw the slide back and eject any chambered round. Look
into the ejection port to ensure chamber is empty. (Figure 13)
• Place your trigger finger on the trigger and place the thumb of
your opposite hand on the hammer. (Figure 14)
• Pull the trigger to the rear and hold it while lowering the
hammer to the forward position with your thumb. (Figure 15)
• Release the trigger.
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FIRING
• With the muzzle pointed in a safe direction and your finger
outside the trigger guard, depress the safety lever fully down
into the "fire" position. Check to make sure that the hammer
is fully cocked. If it is not, cock it by drawing it fully back with
the thumb of the shooting hand.
•To ensure proper firing control and to fully depress the grip
safety, the pistol should now be gripped firmly with the
shooting hand.
•Draw the trigger fully to the rear. This releases the hammer
and causes it to strike the firing pin. Upon firing, the slide
moves rearward thereby extracting and ejecting the spent
cartridge case and returns the hammer to the fully-cocked
position.
• The slide then returns forward feeding the next cartridge
from the magazine to the barrel chamber. The hammer
remains in cocked position so that subsequent shots will also
be fired in the single action mode. This sequence can be
repeated until the last round has been fired at which time the
magazine follower exerts upward pressure on the slide stop
causing it to engage the slide and hold it in the "open"
position.
WARNING: Single action firing requires significantly
less pressure on the trigger and reduced trigger
travel than double action firing.
WARNING: Upon firing the pistol or releasing the
slide from the slide stop, the slide moves rearward
or forward with significant force and speed. To
avoid injury be sure no part of your body is in the
path of the slide’s travel.