Owner’s Manual 2016

ALWAYS TRANSPORT AND STORE YOUR PISTOL WITH THE

CHAMBER AND MAGAZINE COMPLETELY UNLOADED AND

WITH THE HAMMER IN THE DECOCKED POSITION AND WITH

THE “SAFETY” IN THE ON SAFE POSITION.

NEVER RELY TOTALLY ON THE “SAFETY” MECHANISMS OF

YOUR PISTOL. LIKE ANY OTHER MECHANICAL DEVICE, IT

COULD FAIL; IT CAN BE JARRED OR INADVERTENTLY

MANIPULATED INTO AN UNSAFE CONDITION.

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE WARNINGS COULD RESULT IN

SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

FNX pistols feature an ambidextrous decocking/“safety” lever located on

both sides of the rear of the frame (Figure 5). It can be conveniently

operated by a left- or right-handed shooter. The levers are serrated for

positive manipulation. The decocking/“safety” lever has two functions,

operating the manual “safety” and decocking the hammer.

If you do not intend to fire immediately, and in order to obtain the

safest condition, the pistol should be set for double-action shooting

which means that the hammer should be decocked using the

ambidextrous “safety”/decocking lever. To decock the hammer, point

the pistol in a safe direction and push

down on the left or right ambidextrous

“safety”/decocking lever with your

thumb as described in Section 8.2.

(Figure 8, page 18). The hammer will

move to the decocked position where it

is halted without firing. During this

operation, a mechanical blockage of

the hammer and firing pin takes place.

With the hammer decocked the pistol

can still be fired by pulling the trigger.

Firing simply requires a longer and

heavier pull on the trigger.

FIGURE 5

The locations of the takedown lever,

ambidextrous slide stop and ambidextrous

“safety”/decocking lever.

Ambidextrous “Safety”/Decocking Lever

Ambidextrous Slide Stop

Takedown Lever