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AMMUNITION
WARNING LEAD EXPOSURE
Discharging firearms in poorly ventilated areas, cleaning firearms, or handling ammunition
may result in exposure to lead and other substances known to the state of California to
cause birth defects, reproductive harm, and other serious physical injury. Have adequate
ventilation at all times. Wash hands thoroughly after exposure.
SHOOTING OR CLEANING GUNS MAY EXPOSE YOU TO LEAD.
The PPS-43C pistols are chambered for the 7.62x25 Tokarev cartridges. Do not attempt to
load any other cartridges into the magazine or chamber of the pistol.
The pistols are compatible with standard factory ammunition loaded to U.S. SAAMI or
international CIP Standards.
AMMUNITION (CARTRIDGES) NOTICE
WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAM RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY MALFUNCTION, DAMAGE OR INJURY
WHATSOEVER OCCURRING IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF THE USE IN ANY
I.O. INC AND PIONEER ARMS FIREARMS OF FAULTY, NON-STANDARD,
REMANUFACTURED, HAND-LOADED (RELOADED) AMMUNITION OR OF CARTRIDGES
OTHER THAN THOSE FOR WHICH THE FIREARM WAS ORIGINALLY CHAMBERED.
Action: The PPS-43C design incorporates a hammer and it fires from a closed bolt position.
After firing, the bolt recoils to the rear and at the same time cocks the hammer and
extracts the shell. The cartridge is fed into the chamber as the bolt is returned to its
forward position by the recoil spring.
The user of this or any other auto-loading pistol must always remember that when fired,
it automatically reloads and re-cocks itself so that simply pulling the trigger will fire the
pistol again. Therefore, an auto-loading pistol user must be particularly conscientious to
always keep the pistol pointed in a safe direction.
Initial cocking: To cock the pistol, move the bolt to its rear position by pulling back the
bolt handle. When the bolt reaches its rearmost position, release the bolt handle. Note -
the bolt can now fly forward and chamber a cartridge.
For this reason and as an essential safety practice, the user should always be careful to
keep fingers away from the trigger and always keep the pistol pointed in a safe direction.
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