Beretta Px4 Storm Full Size Beretta PX4 Storm Full Size User Manual - Page 28

the way in order to cover the red warning dot (Fig. 6). The red dot is visible when the manual safety is disengaged and the firearm is ready to fire (Fig. 5). • Retract the slide. The slide remains open when an empty magazine is inserted or if the slide catch is pushed upwards. • Insert the round in the chamber through the ejection port (Fig. 22). • Press the slide catch to close the slide (Fig. 11). WARNING: The model F pistol is now CHAMBER LOADED WITH HAMMER DECOCKED AND SAFETY ENGAGED (Fig. 6). Keep your finger away from the trigger whenever you do not intend to fire. The manual safety is merely a mechanical device and is in no way a substitute for the Basic Safety Rules of firearm handling. The model G pistol is now CHAMBER LOADED WITH HAMMER COCKED. Decock the hammer by rotating the decocking lever downward. These versions do not have a manual safety. The lever returns to the firing position. Keep your finger away from the trigger whenever you do not intend to fire. The model D pistol is now CHAMBER LOADED WITH HAMMER DECOCKED. These versions do not have a manual safety (Fig. 3). WARNING: Keep your finger away from the trigger whenever you do not intend to fire. CAUTION: Beretta Px4 Storm pistols are equipped with an automatic safety, which prevents firing pin protrusion beyond the breech face. This safety is overcome only by trigger pull. 3. AS LONG AS THERE IS AMMUNITION IN THE MAGAZINE, A PISTOL WHICH IS LOADED AND FIRED, WILL AUTOMATICALLY PICK UP THE NEXT ROUND AND FEED IT INTO THE FIRING CHAMBER. To replace a round which has been chambered from the magazine; (remember that you are handling a loaded firearm with a live round in the chamber): • Check that the manual safety/hammer decocking lever is engaged (model F) (Fig. 6). ! ! 70