Instruction Manual

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2. Safety and Bolt Handle Lock
Safety system
The safety system of the Blaser bolt action rifle mod-
el R8 is based on an decocked firing pin spring:
Thanks to the safety slide (cocking slide), the firing
pin spring is cocked (engaged) immediately before
the shot is fired. When repeating, the rifle is cocked
again automatically.
In its secured (decocked) position, the bolt handle
is also blocked to prevent unintentional opening of
the bolt assembly when moving the rifle, provided
that the handle was fully closed.
2.1.
Disengaging from safe position
(cocking)
• Push safety slide (cocking slide) forward power-
fully with your thumb, all the way to the stop, and
lift thumb off. Doing so, the safety slide (cocking
slide) locks into its cocked position.
• A red square becomes visible behind the safety
slide (cocking slide) as a signal. The rifle is now
disengaged from safe position (cocked).
2.2.
Returning to the safe position
(locking/decocking)
• To put the rifle on "safe", push the safety slide
(cocking slide) forward/downward with your
thumb (unlocking) and let it slide back into its
starting position (the red signaling square is not
visible anymore).
CAUTION:
Under no circumstances should you put your fin-
gers into the trigger when engaging (cocking) or
disengaging (decocking) your rifle (you may be
used to doing this on rifles with exposed ham-
mers). This would trigger the shot, when the rifle
is loaded!
2.3.
Bolt handle lock
• Prevents unintentional opening of the bolt as-
sembly. It becomes active automatically, when
the rifle is put on "safe" (decocked) and fully
locked.
2.4.
Opening the locked (decocked) rifle
• Push the safety slide (cocking slide) slightly for-
ward with your thumb (approx. 2 mm).
• At the same time, pull the bolt handle backwards
with your index and middle finger (unlock), then
pull bolt assembly back in a straight line.
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