Owner’s Manual 2020

7. FIRING

WHEN FIRING, THE SLIDE MOVES REARWARD PAST THE

BACK OF THE FRAME. TO PREVENT THE SLIDE FROM

CAUSING INJURY IN ITS REARWARD MOVEMENT WHEN

SHOOTING, KEEP THE PISTOL AWAY FROM THE EYES OR

FACE. KEEP YOUR HAND IN A POSITION WHERE THEY

CANNOT BE HIT BY THE SLIDE. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS

WARNING COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY.

1. Load a cartridge into the chamber as detailed in Section 6.2.

2. With a cartridge in the chamber disengage the manual safety if your

pistol is so equipped, aim at your target and squeeze the trigger to fire

the pistol (Figure 19).

3. After a cartridge has been fired, the slide moves rearward, ejects the

empty cartridge case and returns forward resetting the firing

mechanism and loading a cartridge from the magazine into the

chamber. You may continue to fire the pistol until the magazine is

empty by pulling the trigger to fire each cartridge. After the last

cartridge in the magazine is fired, the slide stop will automatically

engage the slide and hold the slide in the open (rearward) position

(Figure 20).

FIGURE 20

Slide locked open.

FIGURE 19

Manual safety.

Disengaged

Engaged