OPERATION OF MAGAZINE DISCONNECT
Your RUGER® SR-SERIES pistol is equipped with a magazine disconnect.
This device prevents firing if the magazine is removed from the pistol. You will
not be able to use your SR-SERIES pistol as a single loader (unless you place
one cartridge in the magazine and insert it into the pistol) or to fire the pistol
with the magazine out of the pistol.
Do not load the pistol until you are ready to use it, and
unload it immediately when you have completed shooting.
(See “Warning - Unloading” on page 19.)
If dropped or struck, the pistol may fire. Keep chamber
empty unless actually firing! Use the safety lever before
moving with pistol or when not actually firing.
For maximum safety when carrying the pistol with a
loaded magazine in place, the chamber should be empty,
the slide should be closed, and the safety should be in the
“ON” position. If placed into a holster, check it to be sure
that the slide is not retracted far enough to chamber a
cartridge from the magazine.
The user should never depend on any mechanical device
to justify careless handling or permitting the pistol to
point in an unsafe direction. The shooter should always be
alert to the possibility of accidental discharge. The
only absolutely safe pistol is one in which the slide is
open, the chamber is empty, and there is no magazine
in the gun.
WARNING - HANDLING
ANY GUN MAY FIRE IF DROPPED
Just a heads up on dropping a pistol. From Ruger SR manual.
It's very unfortunate when people learn the hard way. Hopefully his life is not to restricted from here on.
