Manual

• 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 pressing a cartridge head (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 head is against the rear wall of

the magazine. 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.

• Inspect your pistol as previously described in the “Inspecting

Your Pistol” section. Hold the pistol in one hand with the

muzzle pointing in a safe direction and with your finger off

the trigger and outside the trigger guard. Insert the loaded

magazine into the magazine well of the pistol until it is locked

in place.

WARNING: Do not use excessive upward force when

inserting a loaded magazine into the pistol. Excessive

upward force could cause the slide to move forward,

chambering a round and making the pistol ready to fire.

•To make sure that the magazine is fully and securely

inserted, apply some removal pressure to the exposed

portion of the magazine butt plate.

• Press down on the slide stop to release the slide and allow it

to carry fully forward. This strips a cartridge from the

magazine and seats it in the chamber of the barrel.

CAUTION

The pistol can now be fired simply by pulling the trig-

ger to the rear.

LOADING CONT’D.