Instruction Manual

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5. Unloading 6. Removing/Installing
Bolt Assembly
5.1.
Unloading
• Lock (decock) the disengaged (cocked) rifle by
sliding the safety slide (cocking slide) backwards
with your thumb.
• Open bolt assembly and pull it back (refer to Para.
2.4), at the same time the cartridge is extracted
out of the barrel and ejected.
R8 with spare magazine:
• Remove the spare magazine by pushing in both
magazine buttons and remove the remaining car-
tridges by pushing them forward with the index
finger and thumb, until they release out of the
magazine lips.
R8 without spare magazine:
• Push remaining cartridges in the magazine for-
ward with your thumb (or the bolt assembly),
until they release out of the magazine lips. Re-
move cartridges.
• Make sure that barrel and magazine are empty.
6.1.
Removing the bolt assembly
• Decock and unload rifle.
• Pull opened bolt assembly all the way back.
• Now push bolt stop in and hold it in this position.
At the same time, pull bolt assembly out towards
the back, with your other hand.
For the calibers .222 Rem., .223 Rem., .22-250,
.243 Win., 6,5x55, 6,5x57, 7x57, 7,5x55, .308
Win. and 8x57 IS, a movable bolt stop for short
case cartridges is built into the magazine insert, on
the right side, just outside the right magazine lip.
In order to remove the bolt assembly of a rifle with
one of the calibers mentioned above, please follow
these steps:
• Push right magazine lip towards the middle of
the receiver. This puts the bolt stop for short case
cartridges out of function.
• Pull bolt assembly back until it reaches the regular
bolt stop.
• Now push bolt stop in and hold it in this position.
At the same time, pull bolt assembly out towards
the back with your other hand.
6.2.
Installing the bolt assembly
• Push magazine insert in the receiver all the way
down and hold it in this position.
• Carefully put bolt assembly with the two rail
ends onto rear end of receiver, parallel to bolt
rail guide.
• Slide it forward into the receiver.