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General Operation, Load Check - recoil spring

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GENERAL OPERATION Beretta's 92 A1 series semi-automatic pistols use a short recoil locked-breech system with falling block. When the pistol is fired, the pressure developed by combustion gas recoils the slide-barrel assembly. After a short run of slidebarrel assembly, the locking block falls and releases the slide letting it recoil while the barrel stops against frame. The slide, during its rearward movement, extracts and ejects the fired cartridge case, cocks the hammer and activates the recoil spring. Pushed by the recoil spring, the slide then moves forward feeding the next cartridge from the magazine into the chamber and causing barrel-slide locking. The slide is designed to stay open after the last cartridge has been fired and ejected. 92 A1 LOAD CHECK At various points in this manual you will be instructed to "visually check to be certain your 92 A1 series pistol is unloaded." This should become second nature to you, as you should: • Never assume that a firearm is unloaded. • Never point or push a firearm toward yourself or another person. • Always visually check to see that the chamber is unloaded. • Remove the magazine and block the slide in the open position before handing the pistol to another person. • Never take or pull this pistol from another person unless the magazine has been removed, the slide blocked in the open position and the chamber has been visually checked to confirm it is unloaded. To visually check to be certain your pistol is unloaded carefully read the following steps. 19

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92
A1
GENERAL OPERATION
Beretta’s 92 A1 series semi-automatic pistols use a short recoil
locked-breech system with falling block.
When the pistol is fired, the pressure developed by combustion
gas recoils the slide-barrel assembly. After a short run of slide-
barrel assembly, the locking block falls and releases the slide
letting it recoil while the barrel stops against frame. The slide,
during its rearward movement, extracts and ejects the fired
cartridge case, cocks the hammer and activates the recoil
spring. Pushed by the recoil spring, the slide then moves forward
feeding the next cartridge from the magazine into the chamber
and causing barrel-slide locking.
The slide is designed to stay open after the last cartridge has
been fired and ejected.
LOAD CHECK
At various points in this manual you will be instructed to “visually
check to be certain your 92 A1 series pistol is unloaded.” This
should become second nature to you, as you should:
• Never assume that a firearm is unloaded.
• Never point or push a firearm toward yourself or another
person.
• Always visually check to see that the chamber is unloaded.
• Remove the magazine and block the slide in the open position
before handing the pistol to another person.
• Never take or pull this pistol from another person unless the
magazine has been removed, the slide blocked in the open
position and the chamber has been visually checked to
confirm it is unloaded.
To visually check to be certain your pistol is unloaded carefully
read the following steps.