Beretta 21 Bobcat Beretta 21A Bobcat User Manual - Page 16

A sharp click from a springer plunger can be heard when the Safety is turned between "ON" and "OFF". The spring plunger secures the Safety in either position. The Safety, in its upward ENGAGED position locks the slide. NO WARNING DOT is visible. The Safety is Disengaged in its downward position. The RED WARNING DOT is visible. The fully-lowered Hammer with the Safety ENGAGED can be retracted into the half-cocked (Drop Catch) position by either a light and short trigger pull or manual hammer cocking. CAUTION!! Should the fully-lowered Hammer with the Safety "ON" be retracted into its HalfCocked (Drop Catch) position the hammer cannot be lowered. See section "HOW TO LOWER THE HAMMER". SAFETY/HALF-COCKED HAMMER RELATIONSHIP: To REDUCE the chance of untriggered discharge due to accidental hammer fall from the full cocked position, the falling hammer is caught and secured in a half-cocked position by the Sear entering the Hammer's Drop Catch Notch. When the Hammer is half-cocked and the Safety ENGAGED, the hammer cannot be retracted to its fullycocked position. With the hammer half-cocked and the Safety DISENGAGED "OFF", the pistol can be fired by double action trigger pull, the length of pull being slightly shorter then when fired from the fully-lowered position. WARNING!! To avoid the remote risk of accidental discharge due to impact against the hammer spur DO NOT carry the pistol chamber loaded with the Hammer half-cocked. Should the pistol be inadvertently dropped and the hammer struck, the impact could damage or perhaps break either the Hammer notch, Sear Pin, and/or Sear, causing the hammer to strike the firing pin. 16