The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Chambering A Round By Hand, Bad for Extractor?

stormyone · November 20, 2012, 10:46 PM

Dragline 45 wrote

<<<The Beretta 92 was designed so you could manually load a round in the event of a magazine failure. It's one of the reasons it was picked as our military's sidearm. >>>

Maybe so....

But directly from the Beretta 92 manual:

LOADING THE MAGAZINE
• To load the magazine remove it from the pistol by depressing the magazine release button (Fig. 11).

NOTE: For the greatest insurance against accidental discharge due to inadvertent trigger pull, keep the manual safet engaged “ON” during loading or unloading.

NOTE: Pistols model G and D have no manual safety. The G model has a decocking lever only which, when released, returns to the ready to fire position.
and sear. Model G: when the manual safety lever is released after having been activated to lower the hammer, it automatically returns to the ready-to fire position. Models DS: The manual safety separates the firing pin from the hammer and interrupts the connection between trigger and sear. Models D: Without safety.

• Engage the manual safety D2, if present, by pushing the safety-decocking lever down all the way, so as to cover the red warning dot (Fig. 13). This safety lever rotation separates the firing pin from the hammer, lowers the hammer if cocked and interrupts the connection between trigger and sear.

• Push the loaded magazine into the pistol grip completely to insure catch engagement.

• ***Grasping the slide serrations with thumb and index finger, fully retract and release the slide (Fig. 14) to load the chamber.***

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To replace the round which has been chambered from the magazine:

• Remove the magazine from the pistol by depressing the magazine release button.

• Insert one more cartridge into the magazine.

• Push the loaded magazine into the pistol grip completely to insure catch engagement.

November 20, 2012, 10:46 PM	#47
stormyone Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2005 Location: midwest Posts: 532	Dragline 45 wrote <<<The Beretta 92 was designed so you could manually load a round in the event of a magazine failure. It's one of the reasons it was picked as our military's sidearm. >>> Maybe so.... But directly from the Beretta 92 manual: LOADING THE MAGAZINE • To load the magazine remove it from the pistol by depressing the magazine release button (Fig. 11). NOTE: For the greatest insurance against accidental discharge due to inadvertent trigger pull, keep the manual safet engaged “ON” during loading or unloading. NOTE: Pistols model G and D have no manual safety. The G model has a decocking lever only which, when released, returns to the ready to fire position. and sear. Model G: when the manual safety lever is released after having been activated to lower the hammer, it automatically returns to the ready-to fire position. Models DS: The manual safety separates the firing pin from the hammer and interrupts the connection between trigger and sear. Models D: Without safety. • Engage the manual safety D2, if present, by pushing the safety-decocking lever down all the way, so as to cover the red warning dot (Fig. 13). This safety lever rotation separates the firing pin from the hammer, lowers the hammer if cocked and interrupts the connection between trigger and sear. • Push the loaded magazine into the pistol grip completely to insure catch engagement. • *Grasping the slide serrations with thumb and index finger, fully retract and release the slide (Fig. 14) to load the chamber.* __________________________ To replace the round which has been chambered from the magazine: • Remove the magazine from the pistol by depressing the magazine release button. • Insert one more cartridge into the magazine. • Push the loaded magazine into the pistol grip completely to insure catch engagement.