Beretta 92FS TYPE Beretta 92 Series User Manual - Page 7

FIRING WHEN READY TO FIRE: • Aim the pistol and align front and rear sight on target. • Release the manual safety (if present) by simply rotating the manual safety lever with a fully upward thumb pressure. The red warning dot can be seen when the manual safety is disengaged. • Fire by squeezing the trigger. NOTE: Since the hammer is uncocked, the pull on the trigger wil first cock the hammer and then release it. This firing mode is called DOUBLE ACTION. The discharge will recoil the slide which, in turn, will eject the fired cartridge case, cock the hammer and activate the recoil spring. Then the slide will automatically close, feeding the next cartridge from the magazine into the chamber. Caution: THE PISTOL IS NOW CHAMBER LOADED, COCKED AND READY TO FIRE AGAIN. Keep you finger away from the trigger whenever you do not intend to fire. • Squeeze the trigger to fire again. NOTE: Since the hammer is cocked, the pull on the trigger simply releases the hammer. This firing mode is called SINGLE ACTION. After the first shot the pistol will fire always in the single action mode. • If the hammer is fully-lowered, the safety OFF, and you want to fire the first shot by the single action mode, manually retract the hammer to its fully-cocked position. WHEN READY TO FIRE, squeeze the trigger. NOTE: Pistols model DS and D are designed to fire in the DOUBLE ACTION mode only. The hammer never stays cocked thus following the slide forward to come to rest in the uncocked position. 13 • When the last round has been fired the slide remains open (Fig. 15). • To fire again remove the empty magazine and insert a loaded one. • Press the slide catch, to close the slide and to load the chamber (Fig. 16). Caution: THE PISTOL IS NOW CHAMBER LOADED, COCKED AND READY TO FIRE AGAIN. Keep your finger away from the trigger whenever you do not intend to fire, engage the manual safety (if present) and/or lower the hammer rotating downward the decocking lever. UNLOADING THE PISTOL AND THE CARTRIDGE CHAMBER • Engage the manual safety (fully down; red dot covered), if present and/or lower the hammer, if cocked, rotating the decocking lever downward. • Depress the magazine release button as to remove the magazine from the pistol. • Grasping the slide serrations with thumb and index finger, fully retract the slide to remove the chambered cartridge. • WHEN SURE THE CHAMBER IS EMPTY AND THE CARTRIDGE HAS BEEN EJECTED, quickly release the slide. • Model G pistols only: lower the hammer rotating downward the decocking lever. UNLOADING THE MAGAZINE • To unload the magazine, grasp with one hand around the magazine box, bottom down and front end forward. With the tip of the thumb firmly press down on the cartridge rim and push. As the bullet moves forward, tip it slightly upward with the index finger. • Repeat until the magazine is unloaded. 14