Beretta SV10 Prevail III Beretta SV10 Perennia/Preveil User Manual - Page 19

UNLOADING THE SHOTGUN WARNING: Always be certain the gun is pointed in a safe direction. WARNING: Do not rely on ejectors to unload your firearm! The selective ejectors do not eject live ammunition. They eject spent shell casings when the chamber is locked opened, while the unfired cartridge/s will be only pulled up. To unload the gun, manually remove the live cartridge/s and check to ensure that both chambers are unloaded. CORRECT UNLOADING SEQUENCE (Fig. 15) • After firing or to otherwise unload the gun, engage the safety, move the top lever to the right, open the shotgun by holding the receiver in place and by pivoting the barrels in a downward motion. • The ejectors (if they are set in the automatic ejection mode) will only eject spent shell casings. Unfired cartridges will only be extracted (not ejected). Extract them manually. • Before closing the shotgun, by pivoting the barrels in an upward motion, inspect the cartridge chambers in order to verify they are empty. DECOCKING THE HAMMERS WARNING: Always check that the shotgun is unloaded (empty cartridge chambers). If not, unload it as instructed in the relevant section. WARNING: Never point the firearm at someone or at hard and flat surfaces. Always treat the shotgun as if it were loaded. Every time you pivot the barrels in a downward motion you automatically cock the internal hammers. Decock the hammers using the procedure described below when the gun is unloaded to allow the hammer springs to remain in an uncompressed state. CAUTION: It is important not to decock the hammers on an unloaded gun without the use of snapcaps to avoid possible damage to the firing pins. DRY FIRING/SNAP CAPS Dry firing is defined as firing a firearm with no cartridge in the chamber. The snap cap is an inert chamber insert that allows the gun to be dry-fired without damaging the firing pin. Beretta snap caps are available from all gun shops. Procedure: • Open the gun by pivoting the barrels in a downward motion and verify that it is unloaded. (See paragraph "Unloading the shotgun"). • Insert snapcaps into the chambers. • Pull the trigger to decock the first hammer.