Instruction Manual

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3.2.2 Loading the Magazine

Do not attempt to load the magazine with more than the specified number of

cartridges because doing so may cause a failure to feed a round of

ammunition into the chamber. Do not use excessive force when loading the

magazine, as this may damage the magazine. Damaged or defective

magazines cause malfunctions and may cause improper functioning of the

pistol.

Load the magazine by pressing a cartridge base (rear of cartridge) downward on the

forward portion of the magazine follower (or downward on the case of a previously

loaded cartridge) and sliding the cartridge fully under the lips of the magazine until

the cartridge base is against the rear wall of the magazine. Repeat the procedure for

the number of cartridges you wish to load, up to the magazine capacity (3.2 Fig. 2).

Loading may be made easier with the aid of the WALTHER Magazine Loader:

Put the magazine loader with its long wall oriented to the rear on top of the magazine

(3.2 Fig. 3). Press down the magazine loader and insert a cartridge with your other

hand (3.2 Fig. 4). Let the magazine loader go up again. Push in the cartridge

completely with your hand. Repeat the procedure for the number of cartridges you

wish to load, up to the magazine capacity.

3.2.3 Loading the Pistol

• Inspect the pistol as shown in section 3.1.

• Grasp the pistol with your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard, point

the muzzle in a safe direction. Insert the loaded magazine into the magazine well

of the pistol until it is locked in place.

To make sure that the magazine is fully and securely inserted, try pulling down on

the exposed portion of the magazine floorplate. It should not move.

• Pull the slide fully to the rear and let go allowing it to move fully forward.

• After the slide is closed, press down the decocker (P99 AS only). Doing so resets

the trigger action from Single Action to the safer Double Action mode.

WARNING: Always load a round into the chamber by feeding it from the

magazine. Never attempt to load the pistol by inserting a round into the

chamber via the open ejection port. Failure to follow this warning may result in

severe injury or death to you or others.

3.2 Fig. 2 3.2 Fig. 3 3.2 Fig. 4