Congratulations on the purchase of your brand new Mace Pepper Gun.
Below are some helpful tips to ensure the proper use of the gun.
1. Loading the Pepper Gun - The first thing you will want to do upon receiving your pepper gun is use the provided Water Cartridge to test it out, to do this you will need to load the gun with the cartridge. We've laid out a simple picture guide below with short explanations showing how to load the gun. You're going to want to open up the gun, to open the gun simply slide the lock on the side above the trigger forward and pull up on the barrel of the gun. We've included images below detailing this process.
After this, you will want to slide this latch forward as shown in the image below.
Finally, you're going to want to pull up on the barrel which will cause the gun to open so it can be loaded.
2. Turning Off the Safety - After your gun is loading you're going to want to make sure that the safety is off otherwise you will not be able to fire the gun, the safety has two positions on and off. The On position means the gun cannot be fired, the safety will show you a black color in this position. The Off position means the gun is ready to be fired, the safety with show you an orange color in this position. We've included pictures below showing each of the positions to make things a bit easier.
3. Firing the Gun - Now that the safety is off we can finally move to fire the gun, this is the part where most people have a bit of trouble as firing the gun take more pressure than it may seem at first. There are 3 distinct spots on the arc of the trigger that makes up the 3 different "Positions". We've included some pictures and short explanations below.
The first position is going to be Neutral Position or Rest Position, essentially not pressing at all with your finger off the trigger. Always remember that unless a gun is being fired you want to keep your finger off the trigger to prevent accidental discharge. We've included a picture of Neutral Position below.
Next, you will want to squeeze softly until you feel something stop you, that stop is where Flashlight Position ends. We've included a picture of Flashlight Position below.
Finally, you're going to want to pull as hard as you can. It will be much harder than you expect but if you pull hard enough the gun will fire. We've included a picture of Firing Position below.
Once you reach this point your water will shoot out showing you that the item is working, feel free to make some more test shots and get an idea of how to aim the gun.
Thank you again for choosing The Home Security Superstore for your purchase. If you have any further questions feel free to give us a call M-F from 9AM-5PM EST at 1(800) 616-5305 and we will provide aid in assisting you with your products.