Beretta Px4 Storm Full Size Beretta PX4 Storm Full Size User Manual - Page 33

! ! 75 trigger whenever you do not intend to fire and engage the manual safety if present. • When the last round has been fired the slide remains open (Fig. 23). • 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. 11). WARNING: THE HAMMER IS COCKED (models F and G). When you have completed shooting, remove the magazine, check that the firing chamber is empty and close the slide by pressing the slide catch. Decock the hammer by pressing the manual safety/hammer decocking lever (model F) and the hammer decocking lever (model G). In model D, the hammer is already decocked. WARNING: Always unload the firearm immediately after shooting is completed. Never store a loaded firearm. To store the pistol see the paragraph "STORAGE". If while firing the trigger is pulled and the firearm does not immediately fire: CEASE FIRING IMMEDIATELY! • Keep the firearm pointed in a SAFE direction in the event a "hang-fire" has occurred. A hang-fire occurs when there is a delay in a cartridge's ignition. • With the pistol pointed in a SAFE direction, wait one (1) full minute. • After one (1) full minute has elapsed, completely unload the firearm by following the unloading instructions in this manual. • Carefully inspect your ammunition. • Immediately refer to a qualified gunsmith if the firing pin indent on a fired cartridge's primer is light, off-center or does not exist. • Following the disassembly instructions given in the manual, field strip the pistol and look down the barrel from the muzzle (or front) end to make sure that no obstruction exists. If a barrel obstruction is detected, a qualified gunsmith must remove the obstruction and inspect the pistol before it can be fired.