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LOWERING THE HAMMER WITH YOUR THUMB. YOUR THUMB
MAY SLIP AND CAUSE THE PISTOL TO FIRE, POSSIBLY
CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH.
THE HAMMER SHOULD ONLY BE LOWERED TO THE
DECOCKED POSITION USING THE AMBIDEXTROUS
“SAFETY”/DECOCKING LEVER. WHEN DECOCKING THE
HAMMER, ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR PISTOL IS POINTED
IN A SAFE DIRECTION AND KEEP YOUR FINGERS AWAY
FROM THE TRIGGER. ALWAYS BE SURE TO FULLY DEPRESS
THE AMBIDEXTROUS “SAFETY”/DECOCKING LEVER TO
LOWER THE HAMMER FROM THE FULL COCK TO THE
DECOCKED POSITION. BE SURE THE HAMMER MOVES
COMPLETELY TO THE DECOCKED POSITION. UNLESS
SHOOTING IS IMMINENT, IMMEDIATELY PLACE THE
“SAFETY” IN THE ON SAFE POSITION.
9. AMBIDEXTROUS SLIDE STOP
WHEN USING THE AMBIDEXTROUS SLIDE STOP TO CLOSE
THE SLIDE, ALWAYS KEEP THE MUZZLE POINTED IN A
SAFE DIRECTION AND KEEP YOUR FINGERS AWAY FROM
THE TRIGGER. UNLESS SHOOTING IS IMMINENT, ALWAYS
REMOVE THE MAGAZINE FROM THE PISTOL BEFORE
CLOSING THE SLIDE TO PREVENT INADVERTENTLY LOADING
A CARTRIDGE FROM THE MAGAZINE INTO THE CHAMBER.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE WARNINGS COULD RESULT
IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
MAKE SURE YOUR FINGERS ARE SAFELY AWAY FROM
THE EJECTION PORT WHEN THE SLIDE IS RELEASED
TO AVOID PINCHING THEM WHEN THE SLIDE CLOSES.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS WARNING COULD RESULT
IN SERIOUS INJURY.
8.2. DECOCKING FUNCTION
WHEN DECOCKING YOUR PISTOL ALWAYS KEEP THE
MUZZLE POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION AND KEEP YOUR
FINGERS AWAY FROM THE TRIGGER. IMMEDIATELY PLACE
THE “SAFETY” IN THE ON SAFE POSITION. FAILURE TO
FOLLOW THESE WARNINGS COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH.
The “safety”/decocking lever also functions as a decocking lever. The
“safety”/decocking lever is the appropriate method of lowering the hammer
from full cock to the decocked
position without having to depress
the trigger. With the muzzle pointed
in a safe direction and your finger
away from the trigger, simply depress
the ambidextrous “safety”/decocking
lever fully with your thumb (Figure 8).
The hammer will lower to the
decocked position and the
ambidextrous “safety”/decocking
lever will return to the off safe
position. This requires firm pressure
on the “safety”/decocking lever. Do
not press the “safety”/decocking lever partially downward, leaving the
hammer in the full cock position, and assume the pistol is on safe.
If the hammer does not move from the full cock position to the decocked
position, the “safety”/decocking lever has not been depressed fully. The
“safety” is not in the on safe position until the lever covers the entire
red dot on the frame.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE THE HAMMER TO THE
DECOCKED POSITION BY PULLING THE TRIGGER AND
FIGURE 8
Place the hammer in the decocked position
using the ambidextrous decocking lever.
Ambidextrous Decocking Lever