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NOMENCLATURE
Action: The action of the Ruger P95 decocker model pistols is of the type that
utilizes a tilting barrel design in which the barrel and slide are locked together
at the moment of firing. After firing, the barrel and slide recoil to the rear a
short distance while still locked together. After this initial movement, the barrel
is cammed downward from its locked position, permitting full recoil of the slide
and the extraction and ejection of the spent cartridge case. Upon return of the
slide to its forward position by the recoil spring, the barrel is cammed back
upward into its locked position in the slide.
The user of this or any autoloading pistol must always remember that when
fired, it automatically reloads and recocks itself, so that simply pulling the
trigger will fire the pistol again. Therefore, an autoloading pistol user must be
particularly conscious to always keep the pistol pointed in a safe direction.
Sights have high-visibility
white dots both front and rear.
Rear sights can be adjusted for
windage.
Slide stop holds the slide open and is activated
automatically when last shot is fired (if magazine is in
pistol), or can be manually operated.
Slide’s open top design minimizes possibility
of jamming, enables shooter to clear any
malfunction easily by hand. Cartridges can
be loaded singly if desired.
Grooved, exposed hammer
spur enables the shooter to
cock the hammer easily for
single-action firing if
desired.
To decock the pistol, depress
the decocking lever until the
hammer drops. This action
moves the firing pin forward
into the slide. This temporari-
ly places the firing pin out of
reach of the hammer stroke
and locks the firing pin in a
neutral position, preventing it
from moving toward the car-
tridge.
RELEASING EITHER
DECOCK LEVER WILL
ALLOW THE LEVERS TO
SPRING UPWARD TO
THEIR ORIGINAL
POSITION, PLACING THE
PISTOL IN A READY TO
FIRE CONDITION.
Frame is a rigid one piece polyurethane
grip frame reinforced with long glass fiber.
Double-action mechanism and strongly curved trig-
ger provide that cocking and firing can be accom-
plished with a single pull of the trigger.
Oversize trigger guard permits shooting with gloved hand.
Recurved trigger guard bow accommodates non-shooting
hand in two-hand hold.
The ambidextrous magazine latch permits positive reten-
tion and quick removal of magazine.