LAST EDITED ON Mar-19-17 AT 12:33 PM (EDT)
 
>I particularly like the "remove all cartridges from the magazine".
>This could've been understood if you do replace the magazine, but...
>I mean, sure, removing the rounds out of your magazine is a good idea,
>the spring would be much happier if you didn't leave it under tension
>but I don't quite understand why it's germane to the disassembly of
>the gun, to the point that it's marked in red for attention.

It's because of step 6 of the reassembly, where you have to put the magazine back in order to dry-fire the pistol (because the Mk IV has a magazine safety). Technically you're fine if you put a loaded magazine back and don't cycle the action again (you can see Ian do this with a Hi-Power in one of the match videos on InRangeTV, in the phase of the operations where the person with the timer tells him to clear the weapon and put it away), but it's not the sort of thing the people writing the docs are going to tell members of the public to get in the habit of doing.

I find it mildly cringey that the instructions (repeatedly!) advise dry-firing a rimfire pistol—I would have thought the risk of peening the chamber rim would be worse than leaving it cocked—but I suppose one should trust that the manufacturer knows best about these things.

--G.
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