SIG SAUER SIG556 - Manual (Page 57)

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Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction and your finger away from the trigger when cocking any firearm.
Never carry or leave unattended any firearm which is cocked and ready to fire! When cocked, it could fire from slight
pressure on the trigger. An accidental discharge could easily result if you fall or drop the firearm, or if the firearm is
struck or disturbed by someone or something.
Never fire any firearm with your finger, hand, face, or other part of your body over or adjacent to the ejection port, or in
any position where you may be struck by reciprocating movement of the breech. Both the ejection of empty cartridge
cases and the movement of the breech are part of the normal operating cycle of firearms, and pose no safety hazard to
the shooter if the firearm is held in a normal grip and fired at arm’s length.
Never allow other persons to stand beside you where they might be struck by an ejected cartridge case. The case is
hot, and may be ejected with sufficient force to cause a burn, cut or injury to an unprotected eye. Make certain there is
a clear, unobstructed path for safe ejection of the fired case. Remember, the case may bounce off a hard object nearby
and strike you or someone else.
If, while shooting, your firearm develops a mechanical malfunction or binding, or “spits” powder/gas, or if a cartridge
primer is punctured or a cartridge case is bulged or ruptured, or if the report on firing does not sound quite right, STOP
SHOOTING IMMEDIATELY! It may be dangerous to continue. UNLOAD THE FIREARM — do NOT try “one more shot”. Take
the firearm and the ammunition to a gunsmith for examination.
While shooting any firearm, an unfired cartridge or fired cartridge case may occasionally become jammed between the
bolt and the barrel. Clear the jam as follows, WHILE KEEPING THE MUZZLE POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION: Remove the
magazine, then pull back the bolt by way of the charging handle and lock it to the rear by pushing up the slide catch.
The jammed cartridge or case now can be removed by shaking it out or picking it out.
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