SIG SAUER P226 X-Five - Manual (Page 10)

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3. Check trigger travel and trigger interruption.
– With hammer 7 decocked and trigger 16 pulled through,
draw slide 50 back until stop and release.
– Check that the hammer 7 is held back in the cocked
position (trigger stays pulled back).
4. Check trigger function.
– Release trigger 16.
– Check that the trigger bar 24 reengages and that the
hammer 7 is activated when the trigger is pulled again.
5. Check slide catch lever 26.
– Insert empty magazine, draw slide 50 right back and
release slide 50.
– Check that the slide 50 is held in its rearmost position.
– Actuate slide catch lever 26.
– Check that the slide 50 is released and flys forward with
sufficient energy.
– Remove magazine.
6. Check manual safety.
– Draw slide back and release it so that it flys forward
with sufficient energy. Push manual safety up and press
trigger. The trigger may not actuate.
– Push manual safety down and press trigger.
The trigger must actuate.
7. Check magazine.
– Check condition of the magazine tube 69
(lips and floorplate) for signs of damage or dirt.
– Check that the magazine floorplate is properly secured.
– Check easy running and spring action of the feeder 70.
– Check smooth insertion of the magazine into the frame 1.
– Check magazine catch 42 for clean engagement and
release.
8. Check external condition of the pistol.
– Check front sight 67, rear sight 63, grip plates 47/48
and takedown lever 40 for signs of damage or dirt.
– Check firm securing of rear sight 63, front sight 67
and grip plates 47/48.
9. Checking numbered parts.
– Check that the serial numbers of the barrel 57,
the slide 50 and frame 1 correspond.
Maintenance
•
When the recoil spring 62 is inserted into the slide 50,
it becomes preloaded. Uncontrolled insertion of the
recoil spring guide 61 into the slide 50 can cause this
and the recoil spring 62 to jump away and injure you
or others standing nearby.
5. Insert recoil spring system into the slide 50.
6. From the front, slip the complete system onto
the guide of the frame 1.
7. Draw back slide 50 to the rear stop and push up slide
catch lever 26 to arrest the slide 50 in its open position.
8. Push up takedown lever 40 counter-clockwise.
9. Actuate slide catch lever 26; slide 50 flicks forward.
10. Decock the pistol in a safe direction via the trigger.
•
The pistol is unloaded and decocked.
8.5 Checking functions
•
Checking of all functions must be made on the
assembled pistol
– to determine any causes of malfunctioning,
– after completion of repairs,
– and after each cleaning and assembly of the pistol.
Procedure
1. Remove the magazine and unload pistol (see section 5.8).
2. Check tension of the recoil spring 62 and ease of
running of the slide 50.
– Draw slide 50 back until stop and allow to fly forward.
– Check that the slide 50 flys forward with sufficient energy
and locks into place.
– Repeat check again.
Notice
Notice
Caution
Maintenance