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1.) Yes

2.) No

3.) Yes, you're still allowed here, but only temporarily. Now get thee to a gun store and buy something that goes 'Bang'.

50 posted on 04/30/2004 10:22:47 AM PDT by Lurker ("Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite"-Robert Heinlein)

My question is why did he have a round chambered in the first place.

65 posted on 04/30/2004 10:33:57 AM PDT by Ditto ( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)

Correct unload technique:

1. Remove finger from trigger
2. Depress Magazine Release and remove Magazine
3. Discard Magazine so that weak hand is empty
4. Grasp slide with weak hand and pull directly to rear, do not cover exjection port with weak hand as this can cause the round to detonate in your hand.
5. Confirm that live round was ejected
6. Check that barrel is empty
7. Check that mag-well is empty
8. Allow the slide to go forward UNDER CONTROL. do not just let the slide fly forward as this can damage the bushing.
9. Point gun in safe direction (ie. not at body parts of other items that you do not wish to destroy)
10. Depress trigger, if a mistake has been made the round will go off in a safe direction.
11. Retrieve live round from the floor.

84 posted on 04/30/2004 11:01:15 AM PDT by BRITinUSA

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