SIG SAUER P226 X-Five - Manual (Page 6)

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5.7 Reloading during shooting
The slide is caught in the open position.
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Never let the pistol out of your hand.
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Keep the pistol pointed at the safe target.
Procedure
1. Remove the empty magazine.
2. Insert full magazine and ensure that it engages.
3. Thumb down slide catch lever 26 or draw back slide 50
until stop and allow to fly forward (see section 5.5).
– The pistol is loaded and ready to fire.
– The pistol can also be secured with the manual safety.
– The pistol is now loaded, decocked and ready to fire.
5.8 Unloading the pistol
5.8.1 Unloading the pistol; magazine not empty
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Never let the pistol out of your hand before it is
unloaded.
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The pistol is loaded; a round is in the chamber of the
barrel.
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Perform the unloading action with only two fingers
from the rear.
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Never place your hand over the slide ejection port.
Procedure
1. Keep the pistol muzzle pointed in a safe direction.
2. Actuate the magazine catch 42 and remove the magazine
(Fig. 2)
3. Pull slide 50 back until stop and push slide catch lever
26 up. The round is ejected and the slide 50 is caught
in the open position.
Warning
Warning
Handling
Fig. 2
5.6 Discharging a shot
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Ensure that the target and surroundings allow shots to
be fired without danger.
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Ensure when firing that your fingers, hands or other
parts of the body are not in front of, above or beside
the barrel muzzle or the ejector port.
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Never allow other people to stand next to you where
they could be hit by ejected cartridge cases.
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When shooting, always wear ear protection and
protective eyeglasses. Inform other people close
to you about the need to wear ear protection.
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With pistols with manual safety, the safety lever 29
must be turned in the horizontal position (down).
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Stop shooting immediately and unload the pistol
if you suspect that a round has not been chambered
correctly, a case is jammed, a round may have blocked
the barrel or a discharge sounds or gives the sensation
that it is "weak” or unusual.
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Never try to dislodge a blockage by firing another
round.
Procedure
1. Aim pistol at a safe target.
2. Place finger on trigger 16 and pull back the trigger 16
(discharges a shot).
3. Keep the pistol aimed at the target and fire further
shots as required.
4. Remove the magazine and unload pistol (see section
5.8). If the pistol has been shot until the magazine is
empty, the slide 50 will be caught in the open position.
Reload pistol if further shots are to be fired (see section
5.7).
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Single action pistols are in a cocked and ready to fire
status after each discharge.
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If once you decide to stop shooting, you must imme-
diatly and fully unload the pistol.
Warning
Warning
Handling