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General instructions General instructions
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1 Safety regulations
• Never use the pistol under the influence of drugs or
alcohol, while ill or suffering other such difficulties.
These conditions can impair your powers of judgment
and reflexes.
• Always think of the pistol as being loaded and with the
safety off until you have established the opposite
through the unloading procedure (see Section 4.7 and
4.8).
• Allows keep the muzzle of the pistol in a safe direction
with all handling. A safe direction is towards an area
where there are no people, other life forms or property
that is not a recognized target.
• Never point the pistol at doors, panes of glass, walls,
concrete, stone or flat surfaces (water included). A bullet
can penetrate such surfaces or be ricocheted in an
unsafe direction.
• Never aim at yourself or other life forms.
• Never rely on safety mechanisms alone. Safety mecha-
nisms are not a substitute for careful, correct and secure
handling of the pistol.
• Always treat your pistol as if the safety mechanisms
were not functioning. The best safety precaution is a
correct, well-trained and safe handling of the pistol.
• Never shoot with a pistol which has been penetrated
by water, sand, dirt or other foreign bodies.
• Never decock the hammer by holding on to the hammer
and pulling the trigger at the same time.
• Never let a loaded pistol out of your hand.
• Always unload the pistol immediately after firing, before
putting the pistol away, putting into a holster or
handing it to another authorized person.
• Never give the pistol to a person who has not tho-
roughly familiarized himself or herself with the safety
instructions and handling of the pistol, by reading the
corresponding instructions.
• Never leave the pistol lying unattended and protect the
pistol from unauthorized access.
• Never store the pistol loaded, but rather remove the
magazine and ensure that no cartridge is left in the
chamber of the barrel.
• Always keep the pistol and the ammunition separate
from one another, and ensure that neither is obtained
by unauthorized persons or children.
Information on dangers, which if not scrupulously
observed, can directly lead to severe bodily harm or
death.
Information on dangers, which if not scrupulously
observed, can lead to bodily harm, damage to property
and damage to the pistol.
Information on technical requirements, which if not
scrupulously observed, can lead to damage to the
pistol.
Caution
Warning
Notice
Please read and understand this instructions carefully
before each and every handling of the SIG SAUER Pistol.