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• Remove all cartridges and empty casings from the firearm.
• Place your trigger finger on the trigger and place your thumb
on the hammer. (Figure 20)
• Pull the trigger to the rear and hold it while lowering the hammer
to the “at rest” position with your thumb. (Figure 21)
• Release the trigger.
• Draw the hammer back to the half cock condition (first click).
(Figure 22)
• Notice the cylinder stop is in the down position. (Figure 23)
• With your revolver still open and unloaded, draw the
hammer rearward slightly. As you do this, pull the trigger
and observe the cylinder stop move to the up position.
• Remove your thumb from the hammer and then release the
trigger. (Figure 24)
• The revolver is now decocked. The cylinder stop should still be
protruding from the inner frame surface and the hammer is
positioned in the middle of its range of travel. The hammer is
now in the SAFETY/CARRY POSITION. (Figure 25)
FIRING CONT’D.
FIGURE 20
FIGURE 21
FIGURE 22
FIGURE 23
FIGURE 24
FIGURE 25
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