Operating Instructions
3.1. 3.1. 4.1. 4.2. 3.1. 3.1. 4.2. 4.2. 3.1. 3.2. 5.1. 5.1. 3.2. 4.1. 5.2.
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Description of parts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Front sight Rib Fronthanger for forearm Hinge housing Monoblock locking ledge Model and caliber specs Extractor Locking lever Safety catch lever 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Buttstock Trigger Barrel selector lever Action Hinge pin Forearm Forearm catch Barrel combination Contents Description of parts 1. Safety/Dangers 1.1. Safety regulations for handling firearms Page 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2/3 2. Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. Safety/Dangers 1. Safety/dangers The F3 Shotgun is equipped with a selfcocking double lock. Two locks are cocked when the gun is opened. After discharging a round, one lock remains cocked. DANGER: A loaded weapon is a danger to life! • The gun is cocked by opening the gun. Ensure that the muzzle is always pointed in a direction in which neither people, animals nor property are endangered. • Only put your finger on the trigger when about to fire a round.
3. Assembly 4. Take down 5. Operation Note To achieve safe handling of the gun more efficiently and quicker, please carry out all assembly steps with a specialist (e.g. specialist dealer). DANGER: A loaded weapon is a danger to life! • Secure and unload the gun before taking down. 5.1. Opening the gun 5.4. Releasing the safety Open the gun as follows: • Press locking lever and keep pressed. • Tip barrel combination downwards (approx. 45 °). 3.1. Mounting the barrel set 4.1.
5. Operation 5. Operation 5.5. Loading the gun 5.6. Unloading the gun 5.7. Barrel selection and firing Firing DANGER: A loaded weapon is a danger to life! • Ensure that the muzzle is always pointed in a direction in which neither people, animals nor property are endangered. • Heavy jolting or dropping the gun can cause locks to disengage, despite the gun being safety-secured. • Only put your finger on the trigger when about to fire a round.
5. Operation 5. Operation 5.8. Decocking the firing blocks 5.9. Changeable chokes DANGER: A loaded weapon is a danger to life! Danger of confusing dummy round with live round! • Ensure that the muzzle is always pointed in a direction in which neither people, animals nor property are endangered. Changeable chokes are screwed into the muzzles to set the shot pattern with the F3 Shotgun. Blaser Jagdwaffen GmbH provide changeable chokes for sports shooters and hunters.
5. Operation 5.10. Steel shot cartridges 5. Operation 5.11. Adjustable comb DANGER: The barrels will be damaged if the wrong or no changeable chokes are fitted! • If steel shot, tungsten, tungsten iron or molyshot are used, do not use changeable chokes of sizes 3/4 (im), 1/1 (f) or 5/4 (ef) and above. • Only fire with fitted changeable chokes.
5. Operation TIP: Both fixing screws O and P are fitted inside the recoil pad and are not visible from the outside. A pre-formed slit can be found on the face side of the recoil pad, at the height of the fixing screws. To remove the fixing screws, push the 3 mm Allen key into the slit opening on the recoil pad. To prevent damage to the recoil pad, we recommend that the tip of the Allen key be coated with gun oil or gun fat. 5. Operation 5.13.
5. Operation 5.13.5. Returning the balancer 6. Care/Maintenance 5.13.7. Returning the adjustable recoil 6.1. Transport pad • Ensure that the muzzle is pointing down and resting on a non-slip surface. • Tighten the balancer with the 5 mm Allen key TIP: Ensure that when returning the balancer that both the stock and spring washer are correctly in place on the stock connecting rod, inside the stock. Through tightening the balancer the stock will be secured.
7. Guarantee 7.1. Manufacturer guarantee The Blaser Jagdwaffen GmbH guarantee is provided in addition to the legally required guarantee obligations of the dealer, this being under the prerequisite that the enclosed gun pass be received fully filled-out at Blaser Jagdwaffen GmbH within ten days of the purchase date. The guarantee is only provided for the first buyer, whose place of residence is in the country of purchase.