User Manual

hand at the forearm. Once the magazine is
detached it may be loaded with cartridges as
described earlier. To reattach, insert the small lip
on the front face of the magazine into the
matching groove in the forward end of the
floorplate. Then snap the rear of the magazine
firmly into place. Extra magazines may be
carried loaded for rapid replacement of an
empty magazine, using this same procedure.
After loading the magazine, it is swung upward
into place until retained by the magazine latch.
If a round has not already been placed into the
chamber, a round may be chambered by
drawing the bolt fully rearward and allowing it
to freely return to its cleared position.
Once a round has been chambered, the
magazine
- floorplate unit may again be opened at
any time desired for refilling to capacity.
With the rifle ON SAFE and pointed in a safe
downward direction release the magazine
-
floorplate to its open position. Grasp the bolt
operating handle and move it smartly to the
rear, thereby extracting and ejecting any live
round in the chamber. The magazine may then
be detached and either kept loaded or the
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