Ruger P89DAO Double Action Only Instructions Manual

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AMMUNITION
The RUGER®P89DAO, P93DAO & P94DAO pistols are chambered
for the 9mm x 19 Parabellum (9mm Luger) cartridge. Do not attempt to load
any other 9mm cartridges (examples: 9mm short [.380], 9mm Steyr, 9mm
Bergmann, etc.) into the magazine or chamber of the pistol. Never attempt to
use caliber .40 S & W cartridges in a 9mm pistol. The .40 S & W cartridges will
jam the pistol.
The RUGER
®P91DAO & P944DAO pistols chambered for the .40 S&W
cartridge should never be used with 9mm ammunition.
The Ruger...

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TO LOAD AND FIRE (WITH MAGAZINE)
Practice this important aspect of safe gun handling with an unloaded pistol
until you can perform each of the steps described below with skill and
confidence. But before you do anything with the pistol, first read completely
through this manual.
1.Be certain the muzzle is pointed in a safe direction. (See “The Basic Rules of
Safe Firearms Handling,” page 35)
2. Press the magazine latch forward and remove the magazine from the frame.
NOTE:The magazine is designed to...

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5. Hold the pistol firmly in the shooting hand but do not touch the trigger.
Keep the pistol pointed in a safe direction.With the thumb and forefinger of
the other hand grasp the r
earof the slide and pull the slide to the rear as far
as it will go (See Figure 1 and “Slide Retraction Warning”, p. 16). When
released, the slide will fly forward to strip the top cartridge from the maga-
zine and chamber it. The “double action only” mechanism drops the hammer
automatically as the slide moves forward while...

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9. In the event of a misfire, keep the pistol pointed in a safe direction,manually
retract the slide and eject the misfired cartridge. Then let the slide fly for-
ward to chamber another cartridge from the magazine. The pistol can them
be fired by a normal “double-action” trigger pull.
10.Immediately following the firing of a shot, and if a subsequent shot is not to
be fired at once, remove your finger from the trigger while the pistol is still
pointing in a safe direction downrange.
11. When the last...

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GUN WILL FIRE WITH MAGAZINE OUT 
WARNING - UNLOADING 
So that the pistol can be used as a single loader, it
will fire whether or not a magazine is in the gun if
a cartridge is chambered. Removing magazine
does not unload pistol! To unload, first
remove
magazine, thenpull slide to rear, eject chambered
cartridge, and visually inspect chamber to be sure it is empty.Always point the pistol in a safe direction
when loading or unloading.
TO LOAD AND FIRE (WITHOUT MAGAZINE)
In the event that the magazine is...

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WARNING - SLIDE RETRACTION
The slide should always be pulled
rearward (“retracted”) by pulling the
r
earportion of the slide in the vicinity
of the safety, the decock-only lever,
or the serrations (depending upon 
model). Always keep fingers away
from trigger!
Never put any part of your hands or 
body over the muzzle while retracting
the slidefor loading, unloading, inspec-
tion, or clearing a malfunction.
KEEP HANDS
AWAY FROM MUZZLE AND
FINGER OFF TRIGGER
!
CORRECT UNLOADING SEQUENCE
2
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4. To close the slide, again check to be sure the chamber and breech-face are
empty.Pull the slide to its rearmost postion and release it. The slide will snap
forward. Keep fingers out of ejection port on top of slide!
5. If the magazine contains cartridges, they can be removed by sliding each car-
tridge forward and out of magazine, one at a time, until the magazine is
empty.
6. Push empty (unloaded) magazine into frame until magazine latch locks it in
place.
TO RELOAD THE PISTOL
1. Firing all...

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1.Always visually check the chamber and the breech-face after opening the slide
to eject a chambered cartridge.If the slide is not vigorously retracted when
being operated by hand, the extracted cartridge can be “ejected” into the mag-
azine-well of the grip frame or remain held to the breech-face by the extrac-
tor.
2. Thor
oughly clean the chamber and the extractor as often as necessary.
If an empty magazine is in the pistol when the slide is being hand retracted to
extract a cartridge, the...

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3. Visually check to make sure that all cartridges have been removed from the
pistol. Safely dispose of any cartridges involved in a malfunction incident. Do
not use damaged ammunition in any firearm.
TO MINIMIZE MALFUNCTIONS (“JAMS”)
1. If it appears that the jam was caused by the type of ammunition being used,
try another brand, type, or lot number. Remember — use only factory ammu-
nition of the correct caliber.
2. If changing ammunition does not at once eliminate malfunctions, then the
following...

and forward (see Figure 2, below) until it locks in its lower position. This will
permit forward movement of slide. Further disassembly is impossible unless
this is done.
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DEPRESS
EJECTOR
REMOVE
MAGAZINE2
1
FIGURE 2
Press slide stop up. Depress ejector.FIGURE 3
Slide stop in disassembly position.
4. Remove fingers from ejection port. Grasp slide tightly. Now press down on
slide stop and allow slide to move slowly
forward until the slide stop spring
retainer pin is aligned with the slide stop notch....