Operation and care of

LOADING AND FIRING 

Load the magazine with any number of cartridges, 1 to 6. Insert the loaded magazine into the grip, being certain that the magazine is pressed completely in until retained by the magazine latch. 

Pull the action slide completely back, thus cocking the pistol. Release the slide sharply at its rearward point. The slide will then snap forward un­der spring pressure and. feed the first cartridge from the magazine into the barrel chamber. The pistol is now ready for firing. 

After pulling the trigger and thus firing the cartridge, the pistol auto­matically ejects the fired cartridge and feeds a fresh round from the maga­zine into the chamber ready for a second shot. Thus, the shooter may fire the pistol until the magazine is empty merely by pulling the trigger for each shot. This pistol is designed NOT to stay open after the last cartridge is fired.

The small pin at the rear of the pistol acts as a cocking indicator. It projects rearward when the striker is cocked. It does not necessarily indicate that there is a cartridge in the chamber. 

SAFETY 

The pistol is equipped with a positive-type manual safety located on the left side of the frame. When the safety is pushed up into the notch of the slide, it locks the slide in its closed position and solidly locks the sear into the hammer notch. The safety may with the right thumb, be quickly pushed downward "off safe" making the pistol ready for firing.

As an additional safety measure, this pistol cannot be fired after the magazine has been removed. 

UNLOADING THE PISTOL 

Remove the magazine from the grip of the pistol and slowly pull rearward on the slide to extract and eject any live cartridge in the barrel chamber. Inspect the action and chamber to be sure that a live cartridge is not re­maining in the pistol. 

UNLOADING THE MAGAZINE

Hold the magazine in either hand. Strip out the unfired cartridges with the thumb. 

DISASSEMBLY 

1. Remove the magazine and unload the pistol.

2. Empty the magazine and replace it in the pistol.

3. Pull the trigger in order to release the firing pin.

4. Remove the magazine again.

5. Draw the slide to the rear until the forward nose of the thumb safety can be pushed into the front notch of the slide. This exposes the end of the barrel.

6. Holding the muzzle pointed away from you, give the barrel a quarter of a turn to the right, then release the slide by pushing down the thumb safety and remove the slide for­ward from the receiver.

7. Turn the barrel ¼ turn to the left and withdraw the barrel through the front part of the slide. Draw out the firing pin with its spring and cocking indicator. This will require a slight effort to overcome the re­sistance of the extractor spring.

Disassembly to this point is sufficient for normal maintenance of the pistol. 

REASSEMBLY 

1. Replace the barrel in the slide and turn to the right so that its ribs enter into the corresponding recess in the slide.

2. Replace the firing pin with its spring and cocking indicator.

3. Replace the slide on the frame so that the two projecting flanges of the slide engage the grooves of the frame. See that the rear end of the cocking indicator rests on the spur projecting from the rear part of the frame.

4. Push the slide rearward as far as it will go. The slide can be maintained in that position by engaging the nose of the thumb safety in the slide notch.

5. Turn the barrel to the left and re­lease the slide by pressing down the thumb safety. The slide will re­turn to its normal position under the action of the recoil springs.

6. Replace the magazine.

CLEANING

The inside of the barrel should be cleaned and oiled within a reasonable period of time after firing. This may be accomplished with a powder solvent if and as necessary, but ordinarily, a light gun oil will suffice for this purpose. When cleaning the bore of the barrel, it is preferable to enter the cleaning rod from the chamber end of the barrel.

Other parts of the action may be cleaned using a small brush to remove dirt or other foreign matter. Lubricate the pistol with a good light gun oil such as Browning Ultra-Fine Gun Oil. This oil is particularly well suited to automatic type actions and may be used under conditions of extreme temperature variation.

It is appropriate to wipe the external parts of the pistol with a slightly oiled cloth after handling and to put a drop of oil on the friction points from time to time.

Browning Specifications

•      Capacity of Magazine - 6
•      Over-all Length - 4"
•      Length of Barrel - 2"
•      Height of Pistol - 2¾"
•      Width of Pistol - ¾"
•      Weight of Pistol - 9.7 ounces
•      Sights - Fixed
•      Weight of Bullet - 50 Grains
•      Muzzle Velocity - 820 ft./sec.
•      Muzzle Energy 75 ft. lbs.
•      Number of Rifling Grooves - 6
•      Twist of Rifling - Right Hand
•      Penetration - 3*
  
  * Number of ⅞" Pine Boards at 15 ft.

WARNING: DISCHARGING FIREARMS IN POORLY VENTILATED AREAS, CLEANING FIREARMS, OR HANDLING AMMUNITION MAY RESULT IN EXPOSURE TO LEAD AND OTHER SUBSTANCES KNOWN TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS, REPRODUCTIVE HARM AND OTHER SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. HAVE ADEQUATE VENTILATION AT ALL TIMES. WASH HANDS THOROUGHLY AFTER EXPOSURE.

Since this gun is no longer in production, BROWNING cannot repair it.

Contact Nick Riggio at Commemorative Arms in St Louis, MO for parts. His number is (314) 771-5700 . For service, contact Ahlman's Custom Guns in Morristown, MN at (507) 685-4244/4243 or Walker Arms Company in Selma, AL at (334) 872-6231.