Instruction Manual

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General Safety Rules
Your new Blaser bolt action rifle model R8
is characterised by special design features, mak-
ing it very different from other bolt action rifles.
The enhanced safety features of your Blaser rifle
should never induce you to ignore the necessary
care and legal provisions with respect to handling
arms. Please check first, whether you have the cor-
rect operating instructions: the model R8 and the
caliber are indicated on the left side of the barrel,
on its lower end.
CAUTION:
Please read these operating instructions complete-
ly, before using the rifle. Only hand on the rifle
together with the operating instructions.
Please ask your specialized dealer for an in-
depth explanation of your rifle and instruc-
tion in its use, as a supporting measure to
these operating instructions
General safety rules for handling fire-
arms
• Ensure that firearm and ammunition never pass
into the hands of unauthorised persons.
• Always keep firearm and ammunition separately,
in a secured unit and inacces- sible to unauthor-
ised persons.
• Observe applicable legal provisions for carrying
and storing arms and ammunition
• Familiarise yourself thoroughly with the handling
of your firearm and practise all functions and ac-
tions with the firearm un- loaded, before starting
to carry and use it
• Consider every firearm as loaded and ready to
fire, unless you have convinced yourself of the
contrary by opening the action and checking the
chamber (barrel). Even when unloaded, a firearm
has to be handled like a loaded firearm.
• During any handling, always hold the muz- zle in
a direction where you can neither je- opardise nor
damage persons or property.
• Before loading the firearm, always check, wheth-
er there are oil residues or other fo- reign matter
in the chamber or barrel. Oil residues in chamber
or barrel may cause di- stinct shifts in the point of
impact! Foreign matter in the barrel (e.g. water,
snow, soil) may cause a detonation of the barrel,
leading to severe injuries of the shooter or per-
sons in the vicinity! Ensure that no foreign matter
can enter the barrel, also during use!
• Only use ammunition which meets the CIP re-
quirements, in particular with regards to the
maximum gas pressure Pmax according to CIP
regulations.Every Blaser rifle is controlled and
tested by the state proofhouse according to the
requirements of the proofing-law and -regula-
tions, using proof cartridges exceeding the max-
imal allowed gas pressure Pmax by a minimum
of 25%. If gas pressures exceed proof-level, the
safety of the user and/ or third parties can no
longer be guaranteed. The same applies to car-
tridge cases, where the sealfunction is no longer
correct through obturation.
• Load your firearm only immediately before use.
• Disengage from safe position (cock) your firearm
only immediately before shooting. Hold barrel
into a direction out of danger during disengaging
(cocking).