Manual

14
INSPECTING YOUR
PISTOL
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 tr
igger guard. Point
the muzzle in a safe direction and depress the magazine release
and remove the magazine (Figure 5). Depress the safety lever
into the fully down “fire” position (Figure 6).
With the muzzle 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 7,
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
ejection port because doing so
can interfere with ejection of a
cartridge and thereby creates
the risk of exploding an
unchambered cartridge and
causing possible injury. In order
to lock the slide in the open
position, allow the slide to move
slightly forward from the
rearmost position while pressing
upward on the slide stop. You
are now able to safely check the
barrel chamber and bore
visually for any obstructions. You
must follow this procedure every
time your firearm is inspected, cleaned, handed to another
person, transported or stored. Unload the magazine by holding it
with the bullet end of the cartridge pointing away from you and
pressing each cartridge forward and out of the magazine. Pick
up and secure any live rounds on the ground when you finish.
FIGURE 5
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 7
DO NOT BLOCK EJECTION PORT!!!
FIGURE 6