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Loading the magazine with

magazine detached from floor plate

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Once again, place the rifle ON SAFE and be sure

the muzzle is pointed in a safe direction. With

the magazine-floorpl~te unit open the magazine

may be detached by merely pulling it away from

the hinged floorplate. To do so, grasp the sides of

the magazine toward its rear with the thumb

and middle finger of either hand. Then, pull the

magazine away from the floor plate while at the

same time bearing against the projecting rear of

the floorplate with the index finger. (See Figure 5)

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The rine may be supported in its barrel down

position during this procedure with the opposite

cartridges may be stripped from it with the thumb

of either hand. As is always good safety practice,

visually inspect the chamber to be absolutely

sure a round is not still present. Once this is

determined the bolt may be allowed to close.

To unload the magazine merely push forward on

the base of each round until it clears the

retaining rims, The last step is to close the

floorplate either without the magazine or with

an empty magazine in place.

Sighting in the rifle

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The BAR is available with or without open

sights. This section describes the BAR with

installed open sights. Since the path of the bullet

follows a slight arc from the muzzle of the rine

over the 200 yards distance, the point of impact

will be slightly high at any intermediate distance

between these two points. This deviation is listed

in the following table for the calibers in which

the rifle is presently made.

This table shows that even though there is some

difference between where the bullet will strike at

100 yards and the point of aim, the deviation is

not sufficient to put it out of the killing area if

the rifle has been aimed correctly. Furthermore,

with the rifle zeroed at 200 yards, the bullet will

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.

Unloading the rifle

With the rine 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

not drop sufficiently to exclude an effective shot

over an additional distance of approximately 50

yards. (See Figure 6) A zero at 200 yards,

therefore, represents an optimum compromise

sight setting for any distance up to 250 yards,

since the bullet will not deviate sufficiently from

the point of aim to miss the vital areas of big

game animals found in North America.

It is always advisable for the shooter to sight in

his rine himself. using the particular cartridge of

his choice over the distance at which he desires

to shoot. Please remember that an absolutely

precise zero for the rifle would require a

different sight setting for each cartridge, each

bullet type and weight, for each range and wind

condition encountered and also, most probably

for each individual shooter.

To sight in the rifle for such a specific set of conditions,

the following procedure is recommended:

Select a shooting area providing the required

distance. It is preferable, of course, to use a

regular rifle range where safety conditions

are assured. If no range is available, be

sure that the place you have chosen

provides an adequate backstop to ensure

that the bullet will be absorbed safely. The

shooting direction should also be selected

to eliminate any effect of cross wind.

(Sighting in the rifle continues on page 28.)