Instruction Manual

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3.4 Exchanging empty Magazines
Once the last round has been fired, the magazine follower exerts upward pressure on
the slide stop causing it to engage the slide stop notch thereby holding it in the
“open” position.
• Depress the magazine release and remove the magazine.
• To continue shooting, insert another loaded magazine.
• Pull the slide fully to the rear, let it go and allow it to run fully forward.
Caution: The pistol is ready to fire.
With the muzzle still pointing in a safe direction, keep your trigger finger off the
trigger and outside the trigger guard until ready to fire.
3.5 Unloading the Pistol
• Point the muzzle in a safe direction. Make sure your
finger is off the trigger and out of the trigger guard.
Depress the magazine release and remove the
magazine (3.5 Fig. 1).
• Grasp the serrated sides of the slide from the rear
with the thumb and fingers (3.5 Fig. 2), and briskly
draw the slide fully rearward in order to extract any
cartridge from the chamber and clear it from the
pistol.
Do not obstruct the ejection port because doing so
can interfere with proper ejection of a cartridge.
• Lock the slide in the open position by allowing the
slide to move slightly forward from the rearmost
position while pressing upward on the slide stop
(3.5 Fig. 3).
• Visually check the barrel chamber to be sure it is
empty (3.5 Fig. 4).
Look into the chamber and down through the
magazine well. Verify that no ammunition remains in
the pistol.
• Unload the magazine by holding it with the bullet end
of the cartridge pointing away from you and pressing
each cartridge forward and out of the magazine.
Also remember that any time you release the
slide while a magazine containing cartridges is in
the pistol, you will have chambered a new round
in the pistol. The pistol will be ready to fire.
3.5 Fig. 4
3.5 Fig. 1
3.5 Fig. 2
3.5 Fig. 3