Beretta Px4 Storm Special Duty Beretta PX4 Storm Full Size User Manual - Page 22

WARNING, NOTICE, Fig. 9, Fig. 10, Fig. 1/C, Fig. 11, F and G models, F version, G version, D

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WARNING: Keep your finger OFF THE TRIGGER and the barrel pointed in a SAFE direction. ! NOTICE: The numbers in the figures refer to the photos on pages 2 and 53. • Remove the magazine by pushing the magazine release button (Fig. 9). • Retract the slide. Visually inspect the cartridge chamber to ensure that it is empty. The chamber is empty when no cartridge is visible when looking into the open chamber (Fig. 10). Releasing the slide when a magazine is not in the pistol will automatically close the slide. Always keep your finger away from the ejection port. To keep the slide in the open position, without the magazine in the pistol, fully retract the slide and press the slide catch upward with your thumb (Fig. 1/C) and release the slide. The slide will be blocked in the open position. The slide will remain open when an empty magazine is inserted or when the slide catch is pressed upwards. If the pistol is unloaded, proceed to the following step, otherwise refer to the procedure: UNLOADING THE PISTOL. Gently move the slide to the closed position. If the slide is blocked in the open position by the slide catch or by an empty magazine inserted in the pistol, press the slide catch downward to close the slide (Fig. 11). ! WARNING: Always keep your finger away from the ejection port. WARNING: In F and G models the hammer remains in the cocked ! position. When you are certain that the firearm is unloaded, decock the hammer by pushing the manual safety/hammer decocking lever for F version (the safety remains engaged) and the hammer decocking lever for G version (the lever returns to the firing position) down all the way. On the D configuration, the hammer automatically returns to the decocked position by following the slide forward. 64

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WARNING:
Keep your finger OFF THE TRIGGER and the barrel
pointed in a SAFE direction.
NOTICE:
The numbers in the figures refer to the photos on pages
2 and 53.
• Remove the magazine by pushing the magazine release button
(
Fig. 9
).
• Retract the slide. Visually inspect the cartridge chamber to
ensure that it is empty. The chamber is empty when no cartridge
is visible when looking into the open chamber (
Fig. 10
).
Releasing the slide when a magazine is not in the pistol will
automatically close the slide. Always keep your finger away from
the ejection port. To keep the slide in the open position, without
the magazine in the pistol, fully retract the slide and press the
slide catch upward with your thumb (
Fig. 1/C
) and release the
slide. The slide will be blocked in the open position. The slide will
remain open when an empty magazine is inserted or when the
slide catch is pressed upwards.
If the pistol is unloaded, proceed to the following step, otherwise
refer to the procedure: UNLOADING THE PISTOL.
Gently move the slide to the closed position. If the slide is
blocked in the open position by the slide catch or by an empty
magazine inserted in the pistol, press the slide catch downward
to close the slide (
Fig. 11
).
WARNING:
Always keep your finger away from the ejection port.
WARNING:
In
F and G models
the hammer remains in the cocked
position. When you are certain that the firearm is unloaded,
decock the hammer by pushing the manual safety/hammer
decocking lever for
F version
(the safety remains engaged) and
the hammer decocking lever for
G version
(the lever returns to
the firing position) down all the way.
On the
D configuration
, the hammer automatically returns to the
decocked position by following the slide forward.
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