Browning BDA 380 Owners Manual

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  • Browning BDA 380 | Owners Manual - Page 1
    BDA 380 PISTOL OWNER'S MANUAL
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    sense, the BDA 380 pistol is a true Browning, giving you the kind of shooting enjoyment and dependability you've come to expect from the world's most respected gun company. With a reasonable amount of care, your BDA 380 pistol should give you many years of dependable, enjoyable service. Please feel
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    OWNER'S MANUAL BEFORE USING YOUR NEW FIREARM. 1 ALWAYS KEEP THE MUZZLE OF YOUR BDA 380 gun's blocking or disengaging mechanism for the trigger, sear, hammer and/or firing pin. Although mechanical devices place your BDA 380 pistol in a SAFER status, no guarantee can be made that the gun will not fire
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    the cocked to the decocked position explained on page 10 in this owner's manual. 5 WHENEVER YOU HANDLE YOUR BDA 380, OR HAND IT TO SOMEONE, MAKE SURE IT IS COMPLETELY UNLOADED. To fully unload your BDA 380, you must first remove the magazine, open and lock the slide rearward, and visually inspect
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    IN YOUR BDA 380 PISTOL. The BDA 380 pistol is designed and chambered for .380 ACP cartridges only. We cannot assume any responsibility for the use of unsafe or improper arms and ammunition combinations. It is your responsibility to read and heed all warnings in this owner's manual and on ammunition
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    AT ALL TIMES; WASH HANDS THOROUGHLY AFTER EXPOSURE. 13 DO NOT SNAP THE FIRING PIN ON AN EMPTY CHAMBER - THE CHAMBER MAY NOT BE EMPTY! Treat every gun with the respect due a loaded gun, even if you are certain the gun is unloaded. 14 KEEP YOUR FINGER AWAY FROM THE TRIGGER WHILE UNLOADING AND LOADING
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    your gun handling unsafe to you or to others. 23 PERIODIC MAINTENANCE - AVOID UNAUTHORIZED SERVICING. Your BDA 380 is a mechanical device which will not last forever, and as such, is subject to wear and requires periodic inspection, adjustment and service. Like all Browning firearms, your BDA 380
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    on the safe handling procedures for your Browning gun. We assume no liability for incidents which occur when unsafe or improper gun accessories or ammunition combinations are used. Do not, under any circumstance, alter the trigger, "safety" or parts of the firing mechanism of this or any other
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    Sight Decocking "Safety" Lever Magazine BDA 380 Serial Number Takedown Lever Stop Trigger Slide Release/Stop Latch Magazine Release NOMENCLATURE In conventional gun terminology, the position and movement of pistol parts are described as they occur with the pistol horizontal and in normal firing
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    have a "13" stamped under the lowest index hole on the back of the magazine. 10 round magazines can be identified by the number "10" stamped below the lowest hole. Make sure you have verified the capacity of your magazine before loading it in your pistol. GENERAL OPERATION Your Browning BDA 380 is
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    a leftor right-handed shooter. Both finger PISTOL IS POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION. MANUAL "SAFETY" FUNCTION "On Safe"- To place the pistol round in the chamber and the magazine inserted, the pistol is ready for firing with a pull on the trigger. NOTE: This pistol , and assume the pistol is "on safe."
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    USING THE COMBINATION "SAFETY"/DECOCKING LEVER. WHEN DECOCKING THE HAMMER, ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR PISTOL IS POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE THE HAMMER TO THE DECOCKED POSITION BY PULLING THE TRIGGER AND LOWERING THE HAMMER WITH YOUR THUMB AS WITH SOME OTHER STYLES OF FIREARMS
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    Browning BDA 380 has an exposed hammer with dropped, decocked, and full cock positions. DROPPED POSITION. This is the momentary position of the hammer after the trigger is pulled (Figure 4) when dry firing or if a round failed to fire when carrying or storing your pistol. The decocked position is
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    must be manually pushed upward into its recess in the slide.) After the last shot has been fired from the magazine the slide will "lock" rearward. This position is an additional safety measure and allows easy inspection of the barrel chamber. This is also the recommended attitude of the pistol at
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    BDA 380 is 13 rounds with the chamber empty (10 rounds in limited capacity magazines with the chamber empty). The number of cartridges in the magazine can be visually verified following the instructions under "Other Features" on page 22 in this owner's manual. LOADING THE MAGAZINE INTO THE PISTOL
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    squeezing the trigger. Be sure the "safety"/decocking lever is placed in the "on safe" position immediately after feeding the first round (which will decock the hammer) unless shooting is imminent. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMPETITIVE SHOOTERS Several BDA 380 functions are
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    slide is still locked rearward, and then chamber a round when the slide is closed. The slide of your BDA 380 locks rearward after the last round from the magazine is fired. Under most conditions you should immediately remove the empty magazine, close the slide and place the "safety"/decocking lever
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    cock the hammer and feed a loaded round from the magazine into the chamber. Thus the shooter may fire the pistol until the magazine is empty simply by pulling the trigger for each shot. Immediately depress the "safety"/decocking lever (with your finger removed from the trigger) if you do not wish to
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    side of the frame and remove the magazine. CAUTION: KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER WHILE REMOVING THE MAGAZINE, AND THROUGHOUT THE UNLOADING PROCESS. GRIP THE SLIDE AND DRAW IT SHARPLY REARWARD AND LOCK THE SLIDE TO THE REAR BY RAISING THE SLIDE STOP. THIS WILL CLEAR ANY ROUND THAT MAY BE IN THE
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    whenever disassembling and reassembling your pistol due to the spring-tensioned parts. 1 Be sure the "safety"/decocking lever is in the "on safe" position. 2 Unload your BDA 380 by removing the magazine, as explained under "Unloading" on page 18, and visually inspect the chamber to ensure no rounds
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    the head of the recoil spring guide from the barrel. Remove the recoil spring and its guide. 9 To remove the barrel from the slide, lift up the barrel lug and slide the barrel out rearward (Figure 10). Disassembly to this point is sufficient for normal maintenance of your pistol (Figure 11). No
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    pistol. When assembling, be sure the head of the recoil spring guide is inserted in the concave barrel lug recess. PERSON SHOULD ATTEMPT TO PERFORM FURTHER DISASSEMBLY/REASSEMBLY PROCEDURES. INCORRECT REASSEMBLY COULD RENDER THE BDA 380 INOPERATIVE OR UNSAFE. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS INSTRUCTION
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    other magazine be used in your BDA 380. Its specialized, advanced design makes it highly reliable and makes maintenance and cleaning extremely easy (refer to "Cleaning and Lubrication" on page 25 in this owner's manual for details). Disassembly takes just a few seconds and should be a normal part of
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    FIGURE 13 Magazine Spring FIGURE 14 Magazine Body Buttplate Follower Disassembled Magazine. Indexed view holes are marked with the numbers 5 and 10. (10 round magazine shown.) are indexed with the numbers 5 and 10 (Figure 14). If the base of a cartridge shows in the 10 hole, your magazine is
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    of the follower will be toward the top. 2 Insert the spring assembly (with the follower attached) into the magazine body. Make sure that the notched (or upper) part of the follower is facing toward the front of the magazine. Leave the spring hanging out, uncompressed at this time. 3 Make sure the
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    ADJUSTMENT The BDA 380 is equipped with a fixed front sight and a windage adjustable rear sight. Before adjusting the sights, BE CERTAIN YOUR PISTOL IS UNLOADED. The windage adjustment (horizontal correction) is preset at the factory. However, should it ever be required, the rear sight may be moved
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    moving parts is sufficient. IMPORTANT: Fine oils tend to evaporate. If your BDA 380 has been stored for any length of time, completely relubricate before shooting. 7 Periodically wash the magazine in a good gun cleaning solvent to keep the magazine spring and follower functioning well. Disassemble
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    OWNER'S MANUAL. This is a specialized, finely fitted mechanism, and you may mar it for life by an attempt to disassemble the inner mechanism assemblies. Do not disassemble the trigger mechanism or any other parts more than described. If further disassembly is required, take your gun to a Browning
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    NOTES 28
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    and a phone number where you can be reached. 4 If convenient, send a copy of the letter to us separately. 5 Never return ammunition with your firearm. It is against postal and most commerce regulations. If you have any questions about this owner's manual or about any other Browning products, call
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    BROWNING.COM BROWNING US: Morgan, Utah 84050-9326 BROWNING CANADA: Browning Canada Sports Ltd/Ltee, St-Laurent, Quebec, H4S 1W6 BROWNING INTL: Parc Industriel des Hauts-Sarts, B-4040 Herstal, Belgium NEU05011.5/04426
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PISTOL OWNER’S MANUAL
BDA 380