Manual

5 To load a cartridge in the CHAMBER:
With the rifle pointed in a safe direction, a cartridge can be
chambered by cycling the lever. Then, carefully lower the hammer to
the half-cock, fold-down position after chambering the cartridge.
Afterwards, whenever desired, you can quickly and easily thumb
back the hammer to the firing, full-cock position. At full-cock, any
pull on the trigger will allow the hammer to fall and fire the rifle.
For maximum safety, you should never chamber a cartridge until a
shot is imminent.
UNLOADING —
1 Remove the cartridge in the chamber by operating the
lever downward.
2 With the lever still in the down position, remove the magazine from
the rifle.
3 The chamber should then be inspected to make sure all cartridges
have been removed from the rifle.
4 Cartridges in the magazine may be removed by stripping them out
with the thumb.
AMMUNITION
Carefully select your ammunition. Because your Lightning BLR or
Lightweight ‘81 BLR uses a box style magazine and not a tubular
magazine, pointed Spitzer-style bullets can be used.
Again, the Lightning BLR and Lightweight ‘81 BLR are available in
many different calibers. It is important to use the correct ammunition
for your particular rifle. You should check the right side of your barrel
for the caliber of your model.
See section on “Loading” for magazine capacities.
LEVER ACTION FIRING:
1 With a round in the chamber, you need only to thumb the hammer
rearward to its full-cock position to make the rifle ready for firing.
Otherwise, cycling the lever to place a round in the chamber will also
leave the hammer in the full-cock (ready-to-fire) position.
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