Ruger P95 Decocker Instructions Manual

RUGER®
P95DC
DECOCKER MODEL PISTOLS*
INSTRUCTION
MANUAL 
FOR
BLUED &
STAINLESS
STEELCALIBER
9MM
*DO NOT USE THIS MANUAL FOR PISTOLS EQUIPPED WITH
MANUAL SAFETIES OR “DOUBLE ACTION ONLY” PISTOLS
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND
WARNINGS IN THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY
BEFORE USING THIS FIREARM
!
For Product Service on This Model Please Call:
(520) 778-6555 (See p. 21)
STURM, RUGER & Company, Inc.
Southport, Connecticut 06490 U.S.A.
THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL SHOULD ALWAYS ACCOMPANY THIS FIREARM AND BE
TRANSFERRED WITH IT...

This Instruction Manual is designed to assist you in learning how to use and
care for your RUGER®P95Decocker Model Pistols properly. Please contact
us if you have any questions.
Only when you are certain you fully understand the Manual and can properly
carry out its instructions should you practice loading, unloading, etc., with live
ammunition. If you have any doubts about your ability to handle or use a par-
ticular type of gun safely, you should seek supervised instruction. Such person-
alized...

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WARNINGS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE ARE
FOUND ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES:
OTHER CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS APPEAR
THROUGHOUT THE MANUAL.
Alterations 3 Unloading 12
Lockable Storage Boxes 5 Slide Retraction 13
Decocking Lever 7 Malfunctions 15
Lead Exposure 7 Disassembly 16
Ammunition 8 Lubrication 20
Firing 10 Storage 20
Handling 11 Parts Purchasers 22
FIREARMS ARE DANGEROUS WEAPONS -
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS
IN THIS MANUAL THOROUGHLY AND
CAREFULLY BEFORE USING.
The RUGER®P95DCpistols are centerfire,...

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NOMENCLATURE
Action:The action of the Ruger P95 decocker model pistols is of the type that
utilizes a tilting barrel design in which the barrel and slide are locked together
at the moment of firing. After firing, the barrel and slide recoil to the rear a
short distance while still locked together. After this initial movement, the barrel
is cammed downward from its locked position, permitting full recoil of the slide
and the extraction and ejection of the spent cartridge case. Upon return of the
slide...

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Slide Stop:When the last shot has been fired and the magazine is empty, the
slide stop automatically holds the slide open. When there is an empty maga-
zine in the pistol and the slide is retracted manually, the slide stop will also
automatically hold the slide open. If a loaded magazine is inserted in the pistol
when the slide is closed and the slide is then retracted fully, the slide stop will
not automatically hold open the slide. The user can actuate the slide stop 
mechanism to hold the slide open...

SPECIAL FEATURE - DECOCKING LEVER
The model you have selected is equipped with a special manual decocking lever
that also allows you to decock (uncock) a cocked pistol without manipulating the
trigger. Conventional thumb decocking procedures are therefore not necessary
and should not be employed with this pistol.
To decock the pistol, point the pistol in a safe dir
ection.Depress the decocking
lever until the hammer drops. The decocking lever first moves the firing pin into
the slide far enough so that...

DECOCK POSITION
WHEN HELD
DECOCK ONLY
FIRE POSITION
WHEN RELEASED
Operating the decocking lever does not
prevent firing when the trigger is pulled.
Like a double-action revolver, the pistol
will fire whenever the trigger is pulled.
Therefore, never touch the trigger,
whether the pistol is cocked or not,
unless you wish to fire the pistol. Do not
decock the pistol manually - always use
the decocking lever.
DECOCKING LEVER
AUTOMATICALLY RETURNS TO “FIRE”
POSITION WHEN RELEASED
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!WARNING - DECOCKING LEVER...

WARNING - AMMUNITION
AMMUNITION
The RUGER®P95DC 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 maga-
zine 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 P-Series pistols are compatible with all factory ammunition loaded 
to U.S. Industry Standards, including...

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.  Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. (See “The Basic Rules
of Safe Firearms Handling,” page 27.)
2.  Press the magazine latch forward and remove the magazine from the frame.
NOTE:The magazine is designed to fall free...

action until the magazine is empty, the hammer being cocked by the slide as it
recoils from each shot. Note that the trigger pull is much lighter for these subse-
quent shots.
8.  For greater accuracy and consistent trigger pull, the hammer may be manual-
ly cocked by the shooter before the first shot is fired. Keep your finger off the
trigger while cocking the hammer!The hammer will be automatically cocked as
described above for subsequent shots.
9.  Immediately following the firing of a shot, and if a...