Manual

NOTE: An extremely dirty gas cylinder and gas piston may require

forcefully moving the gas piston forward with a hammer and soft

drive punch. Extreme care must be used to avoid scoring parts. If the

gas piston will not move with moderate force, place a couple of drops

of nitro-solvent around the gas piston, wait about 15 minutes, and

then try to push the piston out with the drive punch. If the piston

still will not move, apply more nitro-solvent on the piston and allow

it to set overnight before attempting to remove it.

6 Remove the inertia block, action spring, and action spring guide:

Tightly grip by hand the rear portion of the action and action spring

guide and pull forward toward gas cylinder until the action spring

guide is clear of its

recess in the receiv-

er. The rear end of

the action spring

guide can then be

moved to one side

of the receiver and

then rearward to

remove the action

spring, action

spring guide, and

inertia block. (See Figure 14.)

The gas cylinder can now be examined for accumulations of residue.

Residues in the gas cylinder and on the gas piston should be thor-

oughly removed with a good quality powder solvent or bore cleaner.

If residues are heavy, they can be removed by scrubbing the gas

cylinder with a 20 gauge shotgun bronze wire bore brush and a good

solvent.

NOTE: the gas cylinder screw located on the gas cylinder is set at the

factory.

DO NOT CHANGE THE SETTING ON THE GAS CYLINDER SCREW.

Any changes to the gas cylinder screw may adversely affect the

accuracy and operation of your rifle.

FIGURE 14

Lift out bolt

release lever pin.

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