Ruger P95 Instructions Manual

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WARNING - FIRING
7.If the pistol is not to be fired immediately, the safety should remain in its
“safe” position (see Figure 1, p. 8).
8. If the pistol is to be fired immediately, the manual safety can be rotated
upward to its “fire” position (see Figure 2, p. 8). The firing pin is still blocked
at all times by the internal firing pin block unless the trigger is pulled all the
way to the rear.
9.The pistol is ready for instant use once the safety is disengaged.When the pis-
tol is in the “uncocked”...

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Do not load the pistol until you are ready to use it, and
unload it immediately when you have completed shooting.
(See “Unloading Warning” on page 14)
If dropped or struck, the pistol may fire. Keep chamber
empty unless actually firing! Use decock lever to decock
pistol before moving with pistol or when not actually
firing.
For maximum safety when carrying the pistol with a 
loaded magazine in place, the chamber should be empty,
the slide should be closed, and the pistol should be
decocked
. Never...

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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.The safety should always be in its “Safe” posi-
tion when loading or unloading the pistol. Always
point the pistol in a safe direction when...

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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
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SAFETY “ON” 

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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...

cartridge clear of the pistol. These failures usually are the result of the slide not
being pulled rearward vigorously. From the foregoing, it is clear that the gun
user must:
1.Always visually check the chamber and the br
eech-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...

to clear the jam. Drawing the slide fully to the rear may bring the jammed
cartridge along. Keep your face away from the ejection port during this oper-
ation. When attempting to clear a jam, use only wood “tools” so that the car-
tridge will not be damaged or the primer ignited. A 3/16” wooden dowel with
a point on one end is useful.
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...

3. Keep upward pressure on slide stop to prevent forward movement of slide.
Open slide is under strong spring tension and could injure fingers if allowed
to slam shut. Insert finger through top of slide and push ejector downward 
and forward (see Figure 4, 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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3DEPRESS
EJECTOR
1
SAFETY
“ON”
REMOVE
MAGAZINE 2
FIGURE 4
Press slide stop up. Depress ejector.
FIGURE 5...

TO REASSEMBLE
1.Be certain chamber and magazine are empty.
2. With slide held upside down, replace barrel and push it rearward into its
locked position.
3. Replace camblock and recoil spring assembly into position. Rear end of cam-
block seats against barrel lug.
4. Be certain that ejector is locked in its lower (forward) position and that ham-
mer is in its fired (uncocked) position.
5. Replace slide onto frame. Par
tiallyinsert slide stop into frame.
6. Pull slide back until disassembly line on frame...

Pinned Base(used on 10 round 9mm magazines) - Use a punch to remove the
roll pin that extends through the side of the magazine body. Once the roll pin
has been removed, pull the magazine base from the bottom of the magazine
body, taking care to prevent the forcible ejection of the compressed magazine
spring. Withdraw the magazine spring from the magazine body. Turn the maga-
zine upside down and remove the follower.
Snap-On Base- Use a punch to press in on the magazine spring seat where it
protrudes into...