Beretta 96A1 Beretta 92A1 & 96A1 User Manual - Page 17

Loaded Chamber Indicator Fig. 9. - extractor

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Inertial Firing Pin. All 92 A1 series pistols have an internal spring which holds the firing pin rearward until the force of the spring is overcome by the force of hammer fall. Loaded Chamber Indicator (Fig. 9). All 92 A1 series pistols feature a loaded chamber indicator: a small red tab (extractor) that protrudes more fully from the slide when a round is in the chamber. The tab is located on the right side of the pistol's slide, near the chamber, and can be both seen and felt, allowing the user to check the chamber at night by feel or during the day by checking for the increased protrusion of the red tab. Please note: The most certain way to check whether a pistol is loaded is to pull back on the slide and visually inspect the chamber for a round. Loaded chamber indicators are designed primarily to allow noiseless inspection of the pistol to ensure that it is loaded in situations when it may be dangerous to operate the slide (the action of pulling back on the slide may make noise and will temporarily render the pistol inoperable) or when it is dark. WARNING: In order to permit the use of the pistol in emergency situations, even in the case of involuntary dropping or loss of the magazine, 92 A1 series pistols are NOT provided with a magazine safety. They are therefore capable of firing, if a round is chambered, even if the magazine has not been inserted or if it has been removed or if it has been dislodged from its seat. Slide Catch (slide stop) (Fig. 1-D). All 92 A1 series pistols boast a slide catch: a lever that holds the slide open and rearward after the last round is fired. This allows the user to immediately determine that the pistol does not have a round in the chamber or in the magazine. G MODELS G models differ from the FS versions exclusively for the manual lever on the slide with hammer decocking function only. G Model pistols have No Safety Lever; when the hammer decocking lever is employed, it automatically returns to the Fire mode (Fig. 5). The other characteristics are the same of the FS models. 92 A1 ! 15

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92
A1
Inertial Firing Pin.
All 92 A1 series pistols have an internal spring
which holds the firing pin rearward until the force of the spring is
overcome by the force of hammer fall.
Loaded Chamber Indicator (Fig. 9).
All 92 A1 series pistols
feature a loaded chamber indicator:
a small red tab (extractor)
that protrudes more fully from the slide when a round is in the
chamber. The tab is located on the right side of the pistol’s slide,
near the chamber, and can be both seen and felt, allowing the
user to check the chamber at night by feel or during the day by
checking for the increased protrusion of the red tab.
Please
note: The most certain way to check whether a pistol is loaded
is to pull back on the slide and visually inspect the chamber for
a round.
Loaded chamber indicators are designed primarily to allow
noiseless inspection of the pistol to ensure that it is loaded in
situations when it may be dangerous to operate the slide (the
action of pulling back on the slide may make noise and will
temporarily render the pistol inoperable) or when it is dark.
WARNING:
In order to permit the use of the pistol in emergency
situations, even in the case of involuntary dropping or loss of the
magazine, 92 A1 series pistols are NOT provided with a
magazine safety. They are therefore capable of firing, if a round
is chambered, even if the magazine has not been inserted or if
it has been removed or if it has been dislodged from its seat.
Slide Catch (slide stop) (Fig. 1-D).
All 92 A1 series pistols boast
a slide catch: a lever that holds the slide open and rearward after
the last round is fired. This allows the user to immediately
determine that the pistol does not have a round in the chamber
or in the magazine.
G MODELS
G models differ from the FS versions exclusively
for the manual
lever on the slide with hammer decocking function only. G Model
pistols have
No Safety Lever
; when the hammer decocking lever
is employed, it automatically returns to the Fire mode
(Fig. 5)
.
The other characteristics are the same of the FS models.
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