Manual

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FIGURE 16
FIGURE 14
FIGURE 13
FIGURE 15
FIRING CONT’D.
(3) Apply pressure to the trigger to release the hammer as shown
in Figure 14. Immediately after the hammer has come out of
cocked position, release the trigger and withdraw your finger
from the trigger guard.
W
ARNING:
Failure to remove your finger from the trigger
guard as soon as the hammer releases could cause the
revolver to fire if your thumb slips off of the hammer spur.
(4) Carefully ease the hammer forward while removing your other
thumb from between the hammer and frame (Figure 15) until
the hammer is in the “at rest” position (Figure 16).
5) Practice this procedure with your unloaded revolver until you
have mastered decocking. Always be aware of the hammer
position. Never holster, carry or store a cocked revolver.
Be sure the hammer is in the “at rest” position as shown in
Figure 16 after decocking.
Caution:
Incomplete Decocking
Failure to release the trigger and to withdraw your finger from the
trigger guard immediately after the hammer has come out of the
cocked position may result in the interruption of the forward move-
ment of the hammer between the cocked position and the “at rest”
position. In this case, the hammer will appear to have stopped
between the full cock and “at rest” positions. If this occurs, keep
your finger off the trigger and out of the trigger guard while returning
the hammer with your thumb to the fully cocked position. Then
properly decock the hammer to the “at rest” position following the
decocking procedures outlined on page 19.