Owner’s Manual 2016

6.2. OPERATION

When the trigger is pulled, the hammer strikes the firing pin which, in turn,

strikes the primer of the cartridge, resulting in the pistol firing. The recoil

force causes the slide to be moved rearward. During the rearward

movement of the slide, the empty cartridge case is ejected out of the

ejection port. If there is a cartridge in the magazine, the slide then returns

forward by the force of the recoil spring, picks up a cartridge from the

magazine and loads it into the chamber, ready to be fired. If there is not a

cartridge in the magazine during this movement, the ambidextrous slide

stop will engage and the slide remains open.

With the chamber and the magazine loaded, the pistol will fire a single

shot each time the trigger is pulled until the magazine and the chamber

are empty. The slide of this pistol is designed to stay open after the last

cartridge has been fired.

If the hammer is in the decocked position, the first shot will be

double-action with a heavier and longer trigger pull (Figure 3). If,

after firing a double-action shot, the hammer is not decocked by

the left or right ambidextrous decocking lever (Section 8.2.), the

following shots will be single-action with a lighter and shorter trigger

pull (Figure 4).

Hammer decocked for double-action firing

FIGURE 3 FIGURE 4

Hammer cocked for single-action firing