Manual

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1. What to do:
• Point gun in a safe direction.
• Remove magazine.
• Pull back on slide and allow cartridge to fall from gun.
• If cartridge does not fall free, pull slide back
and lock it back.
• Carefully dislodge cartridge.
• If cartridge cannot be removed, carefully store
your gun and take it to a gunsmith.
2. Most failures of cartridge to feed or chamber are the
result of a damaged magazine, improper gun
handling or defective ammunition.
3. Whatever the cause, a jammed cartridge can be
a dangerous situation. Should shell be discharged
while out of chamber, cartridge will rupture and
fragments will be blown out of pistol with sufficient
force to cause injury.
MALFUNCTION WARNING!
If any information in this manual is not clear,
call Springfield’s Consumer Safety Department
at [phone] for assistance.
If cartridge hangs up, jams or binds when being chambered from magazine into chamber,
do not attempt to force it into chamber by pushing or striking slide.
Always have gun pointed in a safe direction.
Failure to obey safety information may result in injury to you or others.
Always wear eye and ear protection when
using any firearm. Safety and instruction
manuals are available from Springfield, Inc.
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1. Change type/brand of ammunition
and/or magazine.
2. If changing to another type/brand of ammunition
and/or magazine does not at once result in smooth
feeding of cartridges from magazine to chamber,
the following steps should be taken:
• Make certain chamber and magazine are
unloaded. Magazine should be removed first.
Check chamber to be sure it and magazine
well are clear of cartridges.
• Thoroughly clean magazine, paying particular
attention to removing accumulated grease.
Thoroughly clean breech mechanism of pistol.
Use a bristle brush and solvent to remove grease
and fouling from breech face, extractor, chamber
and feed ramp. (See CARE AND CLEANING
section for detailed instruction.)
TO ELIMINATE MALFUNCTIONS
• Check that magazine spring tension is adequate.
The spring should hold the follower tightly against
the lips of the magazine.
• Check that magazine lips are free of nicks
and burrs and are not deformed.
• Remove excess oil and solvent from all cleaned
components, load magazine and try pistol again.
Proceed slowly and exercise caution to prevent the discharge of a jammed cartridge.
The discharge of a jammed cartridge could cause serious injury to you or bystanders.