SIG SAUER SIG556xi - Manual (Page 41)

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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.
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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.