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8.1. MANUAL “SAFETY” FUNCTION
• On Safe: To place the pistol in the on safe position, raise the
ambidextrous “safety”/decocking lever up with your thumb (Figure 6)
until it clicks into place and the red warning dot is completely covered.
• Off Safe: To place the “safety” in the off safe or ready-to-fire position,
press the “safety”/decocking lever down, exposing the red warning dot.
The red warning dot appears on both sides of the slide (Figure 7).
DO NOT DEPEND ON THE RED COLOR ALONE TO INDICATE
YOUR FIREARM’S SAFETY STATUS. TIME, EXPOSURE TO THE
ELEMENTS, AND THE ABRASIVE ACTION OF CLEANING
AGENTS CAN ERASE IT. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS WARNING
COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
With a cartridge in the chamber and the magazine inserted, the pistol is now
ready for firing with a pull on the trigger.
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.
FNP-45 Tactical pistols feature an ambidextrous decocking/“safety” lever
located on both sides of the rear of the frame. 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 5). 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 6
The ambidextrous “safety”/decocking lever
shown in the on safe position.
FIGURE 7
The ambidextrous “safety”/decocking lever
shown in the off safe position.
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