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5. Release the slide, allowing it to close.
6. Unload the magazine.
5.2. Unloading the Pistol, Magazine Empty, Slide Open
1. Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.
2. Depress the magazine catch and remove the magazine.
3. Visually and manually check the chamber to ensure the pistol
is completely free of ammunition.
4. Pull the slide to the rear slightly and release, allowing the slide
to close.
6.0. Procedures in Case of Malfunction (“Jam”)
Firearms work reliably if properly maintained. If there is a
malfunction during firing, here's what to do:
1. Keep the pistol pointed in a safe direction with your finger off
the trigger.
2. Remove and secure the magazine.
3. Move the slide rearward and forward to clear any cartridge
case in or near the chamber.
4. If you suspect that a bullet is lodged in the bore, field strip
your pistol and check to see if the barrel is blocked. If there is a
bullet lodged in the bore, return the pistol to SIG SAUER (see
section 11.3 “Shipping Firearms for Repair” on page 39).
Follow the above procedures if:
• You notice that a cartridge is difficult to chamber, or
• A cartridge does not go off, or
• The mechanism fails to extract a fired cartridge case, or
• You discover unburned grains of propellant powder spilled
in the mechanism, or
• A shot sounds or feels weak or abnormal.
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