104 MANUAL FOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 



PISTOL; Draw the pistol from the holster; reverse it, muz- 

 zle up, the hand hcldirtg the stock with the thumb and last 

 three fingers, forefinger outside the guard, 

 barrel to the rear and inclined to the front 

 at an angle of 30°, hand as high as the neck 

 and 6 inches in front of the point of the right 

 shoulder. This is the position of raise pistol. 

 (Fig. 32.) 



148. Being at raise pistol, to inspect pistol : 

 1. Inspection, 2. PISTOL. 



(a) When a magazine is in the pistol: Push 



down the safety lock and lower the right 



hand to within easy reach of the left, pistol 



pointed upward and to the right front at an 



angle of about 30° ; grasp the corrugations of 



Fig Z'> par 147 ^^^^ ^^^^® "^^^^^ ^^^® ^^^^ thumb and forefinger, 



■ " ■ thumb to the right ; thrust upward with the 



right hand, thus drawing back the slide until the slide stop is 



engaged (fig. 35) ; resume raise pistol (fig. 33). 



Fig. 83, par. 14S (a). 



Fig. 34, par. 148 (i). 



(h) When no magazine is in the pistol: Push down the 

 safety lock and lower the pistol to the left hand, rotating 

 the pistol so that the sights move to the left, barrel pointing 

 downward and to the left front, stock pointing upward and 

 to the right front; with the left thumb and forefinger grasp 

 the corrugations of the slide, back of the left hand down (fig. 

 34) ; change the grasp of the right hand slightly until the 



