Manual

FIRING

1. DANGER: Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction and your finger

away from the trigger when cocking any firearm.

2. WARNING: Never carry, handle or leave unattended any firearm which is

cocked and ready to fire. When cocked, it will fire from slight pressure on the

trigger. An accidental discharge could easily result if you fall or drop the

firearm, or if the firearm is struck or disturbed by someone or something.

WARNING: Never fire any semi-automatic firearm with your finger, hand,

face, or other part of your body over or adjacent to the ejection port, or in any

position where you may be struck by reciprocating movement of the slide (or

bolt). Both the ejection of empty cartridge cases and the movement of the

slide (or bolt) are part of the normal operating cycle of semi-automatic

firearms, and pose no safety hazard to the shooter if the firearm is held in a

normal grip and fired at arm’s length (in the case of a handgun) as intended

by its design.

CAUTION: Never allow other persons to stand beside you where they

might be struck by an ejected cartridge case. The case is hot, and may be

ejected with sufficient force to cause a burn or cut or injury to an unprotected

eye. Make certain there is a clear, unobstructed path for safe ejection of the

fired case. Remember, the case may bounce off a hard object nearby and

strike you or someone else.

DANGER: If while shooting, your firearm develops ANY mechanical

malfunction or binding, or “spits” powder, gas, or if a cartridge primer is

punctured or a cartridge case is bulged or ruptured, or if the report on firing

does not sound quite right, STOP SHOOTING IMMEDIATELY. It may be

dangerous to continue. UNLOAD THE FIREARM. DO NOT try “one more

shot”. Take the firearm and ammunition to a gunsmith for examination.

SAFETY FIRST: While shooting any semi-automatic firearm, an unfired

cartridge case may occasionally become jammed between the slide (or bolt)

and the barrel. Clear the jam as follows, WHILE KEEPING THE MUZZLE

POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION: remove the magazine, then pull back the

slide (or bolt) and hold or lock it to the rear. The jammed cartridge or case

now can be removed by shaking it out or by picking it out.

ALWAYS KEEP THE MUZZLE POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION.