Manual

FIRING CONT’D

• Keep your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard

until you are ready to fire again.

• It has come to our attention that some users of Smith &

Wesson handguns may stage the trigger in anticipation of fir-

ing a shot. Staging is the act of pulling the trigger rearward

toward — stopping just short of — the point where the

internal hammer falls and the handgun fires. Such manipula-

tion of the trigger can reduce the user’s control of the hand-

gun and can result in an unintentional discharge. Furthermore

if the user decides not to fire, release of the trigger from a

position close to the firing point in the staging process could

result in an unintended discharge.

WARNING: “STAGING” THE TRIGGER VIOLATES A

BASIC RULE OF FIREARM SAFETY WHICH WARNS

YOU TO KEEP YOUR FINGER OUT OF THE TRIGGER

GUARD UNTIL YOU HAVE MADE THE COMMITMENT TO

FIRE. “STAGING” CREATES A SERIOUS RISK OF PERSON-

AL INJURY OR DEATH SINCE IT MAY LEAD TO AN UNIN-

TENTIONAL DISCHARGE.

CLEARING MISFIRES

WARNING: IF YOUR HANDGUN GIVES ANY INDICA-

TION THAT IT IS NOT PERFORMING PROPERLY OR

THE OPERATION OF YOUR HANDGUN HAS

CHANGED “THE WAY IT FEELS OR SOUNDS”, STOP FIR-

ING. MAKE SURE THE FIREARM IS POINTED IN A SAFE

DIRECTION, UNLOAD THE FIREARM AND HAVE IT INSPECT-

ED AND TEST- FIRED BY A GUNSMITH QUALIFIED TO PER-

FORM SERVICE ON SMITH & WESSON FIREARMS.

• If a cartridge fails to fire, wait ten seconds while keeping the

muzzle pointed in a safe direction.

• Keep your finger off the trigger and out of the trigger guard.

• Press and hold the thumbpiece forward and swing the cylin-

der to the left.

• Remove the defective cartridge and dispose of it in a method

specifically approved for live round disposal.