Manual

FIRING
• Hold the pistol in your shooting hand with your finger outside
the trigger guard. After verifying that the target and the area
beyond are safe, align the sights on the target. When you
are ready to shoot, place the pad of your index finger on the
trigger.
• When the trigger is drawn fully to the rear, the striker is
released, striking the cartridge primer and firing the cartridge.
• Upon firing, the slide moves rearward thereby extracting and
ejecting the spent cartridge case. The slide then returns
forward feeding the next cartridge from the magazine into the
barrel chamber. During firing operation, the thumb must not
interfere with the slide or slide stop. 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 to hold it in the open
position.
WARNING: The single action trigger pull is lighter
and may be shorter than the double action pull.
Check the cocking indicator in the rear of the slide
to determine if you are in double or single action
mode before putting your finger on the trigger.
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.
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LOADED CHAMBER
INDICATOR
• If the chamber is loaded, the rear of the extractor is recessed
in the slide. There is a red dot on the right side of the slide
which is visible when the chamber is loaded with a cartridge.
WARNING: Cleaning
solvents or wear
may darken or
remove the red
color, or powder residue or
dirt may cover it up. If you
do not see the red dot, don’t
assume the chamber is
empty. Pull the slide back
until you can look in the
chamber and verify whether it
is empty or not.
FIGURE 7