Manual
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If you have never fired a gun before, practice without
live ammunition before your first shot. Then load only
one cartridge into the magazine for your first live
ammunition firing.
1. Load shell into chamber from magazine and
engage the thumb safety.
2. Grasp grip of pistol firmly. (A loose grip may
cause the pistol to malfunction.) The pressure
from the hand will disengage grip safety located
at top of rear grip area.
3. Move thumb safety down taking gun off safety.
Caution: The gun is now ready to fire. Be
prepared for noise and recoil when pistol fires.
4. Aim gun at target by aligning sights.
5. Lightly place finger on trigger, and slowly
squeeze trigger. Spent cartridge is expelled up and
to the right.
Point gun in a safe direction at all times.
FIRING
6. Pistol will automatically be ready to fire again after
each shot until all cartridges loaded in magazine
have been fired.
7. When last cartridge has been fired, slide will lock
open and remain to rear.
WARNING! When releasing the slide on an empty
chamber or when loading a single round without the
magazine do not allow the slide to slam forward.
Doing so will destroy the hammer and sear
engagement on your trigger pull and create a
dangerous condition. It could also cause damage to the
other finely tuned parts of your pistol. TO PREVENT
DAMAGE AND FOR SAFETY REASONS ALWAYS
LOAD SHELLS FROM THE MAGAZINE. If you want
to carry your gun with a shell in the chamber and a full
magazine follow this procedure: Load a shell into the
chamber from the magazine. Then remove the
magazine, fully load it and insert it properly into the
gun.
10
If slide is already in “locked back” position:
1. Point gun in safe direction.
2. Press magazine release button to
remove magazine.
3. From top and rear, carefully inspect
chamber to make sure it is empty.
4. Hold slide, disengage slide stop,
ease slide forward.
Notice: The slide of a 1911-A1 pistol should never
be released on an empty chamber; especially one
which has had an action job. Releasing the slide on
an empty chamber causes damage to the breech
face on the barrel and undue stress on all action
parts, including the hammer and the sear. This will
ruin the action job performed on your pistol.
5. Carefully lower hammer as described in the
HAMMER LOWERING section. (Page 22)
Pistol is not empty or unloaded until the chamber is empty and the magazine removed.
UNLOADING
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