Beretta Stampede Marshal Old West Beretta Stampede User Manual - Page 19

Obstruction Check

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OBSTRUCTION CHECK At various points in this manual, you will be required to "visually and manually check to be sure there are no obstructions in the chambers and bore." This is extremely important because if another cartridge is fired into an obstructed chamber or bore, a catastrophic failure can result. To visually and manually check to be sure there are no obstructions in the chambers and bore, follow the disassembly steps below: ! WARNING: Keep the firearm pointed in a SAFE direction. ! WARNING: Visually and manually check to be sure the firearm is unloaded using the procedure above. ! WARNING: Always keep fingers and thumbs clear of the front of the hammer when cocked. Should the hammer fall, injury could result. 1. Locate the loading gate on the right side of the frame, rear of the cylinder. (Fig. 1-L) 2. Open the loading gate. (Fig. 11) 3. With your finger OFF the trigger, using your thumb, pull the hammer rearward to the half-cock position. (Fig. 7) 4. Locate the base pin catch. This is a spring-loaded plunger located on the left side of the frame, forward of the cylinder. (Fig. 3-P). 5. Locate the cylinder base pin. (Fig. 3-N) The cylinder base pin is the shaft around which the cylinder rotates. It protrudes from the front of the cylinder frame forward of the cylinder, beneath the ejector rod. 6. While depressing the base pin catch, slide the cylinder base pin forward toward the muzzle and out of the frame. (Fig. 13) 7. Remove the cylinder from the frame from the loading gate side. (Fig. 14) 19

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OBSTRUCTION CHECK
At various points in this manual, you will be required to “visually
and manually check to be sure there are no obstructions in the
chambers and bore.”
This is extremely important because if
another cartridge is fired into an obstructed chamber or bore, a
catastrophic failure can result.
To visually and manually check to be sure there are no
obstructions in the chambers and bore, follow the disassembly
steps below:
WARNING:
Keep the firearm pointed in a SAFE direction.
WARNING:
Visually and manually check to be sure the firearm is
unloaded using the procedure above.
WARNING:
Always keep fingers and thumbs clear of the front of
the hammer when cocked.
Should the hammer fall, injury could
result.
1. Locate the loading gate on the right side of the frame, rear
of the cylinder.
(Fig. 1-L)
2. Open the loading gate.
(Fig. 11)
3. With your finger OFF the trigger, using your thumb, pull the
hammer rearward to the half-cock position.
(Fig. 7)
4. Locate the base pin catch.
This is a spring-loaded plunger
located on the left side of the frame, forward of the cylinder.
(Fig. 3-P)
.
5. Locate the cylinder base pin.
(Fig. 3-N)
The cylinder base pin
is the shaft around which the cylinder rotates. It protrudes
from the front of the cylinder frame forward of the cylinder,
beneath the ejector rod.
6. While depressing the base pin catch, slide the cylinder base
pin forward toward the muzzle and out of the frame.
(Fig. 13)
7. Remove the cylinder from the frame from the loading gate
side.
(Fig. 14)
!
!
!