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DO NOT USE UNORTHODOX SIGHTING METHODS. WHEN
FIRING THE SLIDE MOVES REARWARD ABOUT ONE INCH
PAST THE REAR 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, AND NEITHER HAND SHOULD BE IN A
POSITION WHERE IT COULD BE HIT BY THE SLIDE.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS WARNING COULD RESULT IN
SERIOUS INJURY.
1. Ensure that the procedures in Section 17 “Cleaning and Lubrication”
have been carried out.
2. Load a cartridge into the chamber as detailed in Section 14.3.
Immediately place the hammer in the decocked position.
3. With a cartridge in the chamber and the “safety” in the off safe
position, you need only take aim at your target and squeeze the trigger
to fire the pistol.
If the hammer is in the decocked position, the first shot will be double-
action with a heavier and longer trigger pull. If the hammer is not
manually decocked after the first double-action shot, the following
shot will be single-action with a lighter and shorter trigger pull.
4. After a cartridge has been fired, the slide moves rearward, ejects the
empty case, cocks the hammer, then returns forward 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.
When firing is no longer imminent, immediately decock the hammer as
described in Section 8.2. to place the pistol in the double-action
condition and place the “safety” in the on safe position as described
in Section 8.1.
THE PISTOL IS NOW READY FOR FIRING. UNLESS
SHOOTING IS IMMINENT, IMMEDIATELY PLACE THE
HAMMER IN THE DECOCKED POSITION USING THE
DECOCK LEVER (FIGURE 16) AND PLACE THE “SAFETY”
IN THE ON SAFE POSITION AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 8.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE WARNINGS COULD RESULT IN
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
15. FIRING
15.1. FIRING THE PISTOL
NEVER CHAMBER A CARTRIDGE UNLESS SHOOTING IS
IMMINENT. ALWAYS KEEP THE MUZZLE POINTED IN A SAFE
DIRECTION AND PLACE THE “SAFETY” IN THE ON SAFE
POSITION. NEVER TRY TO COCK THE HAMMER BY PULLING
THE TRIGGER.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE WARNINGS COULD RESULT IN
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
FIGURE 15
Pull the slide completely rearward and release
it, allowing it to move forward freely.
FIGURE 16
Unless shooting is imminent, immediately place
the hammer in the decocked position using the
ambidextrous decocking lever.
Ambidextrous Decocking Lever