Manual

LOADING CONT’D.

•To make sure that the magazine is fully and securely

inserted, apply some removal pressure to the exposed

portion of the magazine butt plate.

• 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 10, and briskly draw the slide fully

rearward and release it. This strips a cartridge from the

magazine and seats it in the chamber of the barrel and at the

same time, fully cocks the hammer.

WARNING: The pistol will fire if the trigger is pulled!

• With the muzzle pointed in a safe direction and your finger

outside the trigger guard, place the safety lever in the fully up

“safe” position (Figure 11).

WARNING:

Some early model 945 Performance Center pistols

do not have a firing pin block and will fire if

subjected to sufficient impact by being dropped.

For this reason, early Model 945 pistols with no dash

number on the frame should not be carried with a round in

the chamber. Models with a dash number such as the 945-1

or the 945-40 have the internal firing pin block.

DO NOT BLOCK EJECTION PORT!!!

FIGURE 10

FIGURE 11