Beretta Steel-I Instruction Manual

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WARNING: THE PISTOL IS NOW READY TO FIRE. 
•Place your index finger inside the trigger guard. 
WARNING: Ensure that fingers or other par ts of the hands and
the face are kept away from the recoiling slide.  Not respecting
this warning can lead to serious injur y since, during the firing
cycle, the slide recoils backwards violently and with great energy.
Ensure that the suppor t hand is far from the muzzle of the barrel.
•Gently squeeze the trigger, being careful not to upset the
alignment of the front...

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•Press the slide catch to close the slide and to load the
chamber. (Fig. 14)
•Engage the manual safety and keep your finger away from the
trigger whenever you do not intend to fire. 
•When the last round has been fired the slide remains open.
WARNING:THE HAMMER IS COCKED. If you have completed
shooting, remove the magazine, check that the firing chamber is
empty and close the slide by pressing the slide catch. Lower the
hammer as indicated in the paragraph “HOW TO LOWER THE
COCKED HAMMER” and engage...

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WARNING:Never attempt to fire ammunition that did not fire the
first time.
If, while firing, you hear a change in the sound a fired car tridge
makes, or feel a change in the amount of recoil of a fired
car tridge, or detect any other irregularity:
CEASE FIRING IMMEDIATELY!
•Keep the firearm pointed in a SAFE direction.  A “squib load”
may have occurred.  A “squib” occurs when a car tridge fires,
but with insuf ficient force to drive the bullet out of the barrel.
This can result in a dangerous...

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FIELD STRIPPING
WARNING:Make sure the pistol is unloaded. If not, unload it
following the “UNLOADING“ procedure. 
CAUTION:It is recommended to wear protective glasses when
per forming the field stripping and the assembly operations. 
NOTICE: It is advisable to carr y out the field stripping and the
assembly operations over a table to catch components should
they drop. 
•Remove the magazine by depressing the magazine release
button (Fig. 10).
•With the finger press the disassembly latch release button...

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CLEANING
WARNING:Excess oil and grease obstructing the bore, even
par tially, is ver y dangerous when firing and may cause barrel
rupture and serious injur y to the shooter and bystanders. Never
spray or apply oil to the car tridges. Use lubricants properly. You
are responsible for the proper care and maintenance of your
firearm.
BARREL
•Spray the supplied brush with Beretta oil or a good grade gun
oil. Inser t the brush into the barrel from the chamber and scrub
the chamber and bore...

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RECOIL SPRING 
Lightly oil the recoil spring with Beretta oil or a good grade gun
oil. After long use it could be necessar y to first scour this par t
using the supplied brush.
FRAME
•With a cotton patch soaked in Beretta oil or a good grade gun
oil, clean all areas covered by gunpowder residue and dir t.
•Wipe outer frame sur faces clean and lightly lubricate the rails
and moving par ts. Lightly oil the disassembly latch, magazine
catch, slide stop, trigger system, hammer, sear and the levers
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RE-ASSEMBLY
Assemble the pistol following the Field Stripping procedure in
reverse order. It is advisable to pay attention to the following
points.
•When the barrel and locking block assembly are correctly
inser ted into the slide, they should rest securely inside the
slide without movement. (The extractor must lie in its groove in
the barrel). 
•The locking block lugs should rest firmly in their seats in the
slide (the locking block plunger should protrude from the
barrel). 
•The recoil spring...

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INTERCHANGEABLE SIGHTS
92/98/96 Steel I Beretta pistols are equipped with
interchangeable sights. The front sight and the Novak rear sight
feature the 3-dot sight system. The rear sight is .290 inches
(7.36mm) tall.  The height of the front sight varies between
pistols as each is fitted at the factor y during the targeting and
accuracy testing.
WARNING:Make sure the pistol is unloaded. If not, unload it
following the “UNLOADING THE PISTOL” procedure.
NOTICE:Contact a qualified gunsmith to remove the...

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HOW TO ADJUST THE TRIGGER 
(TRIGGER ADJUSTMENT FEATURE – ONLY ON 92/98/96
STEEL I SINGLE ACTION ONLY MODELS)
WARNING: Make sure the pistol is unloaded. If not, unload it
following the “UNLOADING THE PISTOL” procedure.
HOW TO ADJUST THE TRIGGER OVERTRAVEL
•Disassemble the pistol ( see paragraph FIELD STRIPPING).
•With the 1.5 mm hexagonal key unscrew (counter-clockwise)
the lower set screw on the frame to increase the trigger
over travel and viceversa. (Fig. 24)
HOW TO ADJUST THE TRIGGER EXTRA...