Instruction Manual

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3.1.
Opening the rifle
• Press locking lever all the way to
the right and hold it in this position.
• The barrel hook is disengaged.
• The barrel set can now be tilted down-
wards (“opened”).
3.2.
Closing the rifle
• Hold the barrel pointing in a safe position
and tilt the buttstock upward.
• To check whether the locking lever is
closed, apply light pressure to the left.
Otherwise, disengaging from safe position
(cocking) of the rifle will not be possible,
for safety reasons.
• Mainly in new rifles, some force has to
be exerted in order to close the locking
lever. This is due to the tight, precise fits.
The wedge „bites”.
3. Opening and
Closing the Rifle
4.1.
Cocking
(disengaging from safe position)
• Push the safety slide (cocking slide)
all the way to the front, until it locks.
Cocking slide (safety slide)
in front position:
The rifle is disengaged from safe
position, the hammers are cocked.
CAUTION:
Your Blaser 97 is equipped with two
hammers: when the cocking slide is pus hed
forward, both hammers are cocked.
4.2.
Uncocking/locking
(returning to the safe position)
Press rear end of safety slide (cocking slide)
down with your thumb and let it slide back-
wards. With some practise, this can be done
without making a sound.
When the cocking slide (safety slide)
is in its rear position:
The rifle is locked, the hammers are
uncocked.
CAUTION:
Under no circumstances should you put
your fingers into the triggers when disenga-
ging (cocking) or locking (uncocking) your
rifle (you may be used to doing this from
rifles with exposed hammers). This would
trigger the shots if the rifle is loaded.
NOTE:
When opening the rifle - pressing the locking
lever to the right - the cocking slide (safety
slide) jumps back into the „uncocked” (safe)
position automatically.
4. Safety
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