User Guide

4.
Load the magazine as explained above
under “Loading the Magazine” on page
23.
EVEN WITH THE BREECH LOCKED
OPEN AFTER SHOOTING, DO NOT AS-
SUME YOUR SHOTGUN IS UNLOADED.
ALWAYS INSPECT THE CHAMBER,
CARRIER AND MAGAZINE TUBE TO BE
SURE THEY CONTAIN NO CAR-
TRIDGES. THEN, REMEMBER TO AL-
WAYS TREAT ANY GUN AS IF IT WAS
LOADED. ALWAYS HANDLE YOUR
SHOTGUN WITH CAUTION.
Operation of the Magazine Cut-off
The magazine cut-off lever is located at the
front end of the left side of the receiver.
This cut-off has the purpose of locking the
shells in the magazine so that they will not
feed into the chamber. This permits you to
quickly change the load in the chamber of
the gun without going to the trouble of un-
FIGURE 9-A
FIGURE 9-B
loading the whole magazine. For instance,
in this way a duck load can quickly be
taken out and a goose load inserted, if the
need arises. To operate the magazine cut-
off, merely manipulate the lever to the
“MC” or “R” positions. The “MC” position
engages the magazine cutoff (See Figure 9-
A). The “R position (See Figure 9-B) places
the magazine in conventional repeater posi-
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