Manual

12
INSPECTING YOUR PISTOL
• When you inspect your pistol, you should first check for yourself to ensure
that it is unloaded. To do this, grasp the pistol with your finger off the trigger
and outside the trigger guard, point the muzzle in a safe direction, depress
the magazine release and remove the magazine.
• Point the muzzle in a safe direction, grasp
the serrated sides of the slide from the rear
with the thumb and fingers as shown in
Figure 12.1, and briskly draw the slide fully
rearward in order to extract any cartridge
from the barrel chamber and clear it from the
pistol.
• Do not obstruct the ejection port because
doing so can interfere with ejection of a
cartridge.
• Lock the slide in the open position by allowing the slide to move slightly
forward from the rearmost position while pressing upward on the slide stop.
• Check the barrel chamber to verify it is
unloaded and check the bore visually for any
obstructions (Figure 12.2).
• You must follow this procedure every time a
firearm leaves your hand, is cleaned, handed
to you or another person, transported or
stored.
WARNING: NEVER RELY ON MECHANICAL FEATURES ALONE. ONLY
YOUR SAFE GUN HANDLING WILL ENSURE THE SAFE USE OF YOUR
FIREARM. THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
MAGAZINE DISCONNECT FEATURE
WALTHER offers a magazine disconnect feature as an option on some PPS pistols.
To fully understand the function and operation of your pistol, perform the following
check:
• Remove the slide from the frame as described in “field stripping
disassembly”.
• If your pistol is NOT equipped with a Magazine Disconnect feature there will
not be a marking. (Figure 13.1)
• If your pistol is equipped with a Magazine Disconnect feature you will be able
to see a marking (M) as shown in Figure 13.2.
FIGURE 12.1
FIGURE 12.2