User Guide

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lugs. Provision is made for the gradual wear of lock
ing surfaces by allowing a slight excess of metal
This exacting metal allowance keeps the breech o
the gun tight for many years.
Upon closing your gun, let the top lever snap
into
position-do not retard its action with your thumb
If closed in this manner, the top lever spring
will
return the top lever mechanism to locked position
It is not necessary that the top lever return to a corn
pletely central position; in fact, it usually will not dc
so in a new gun.
Many experienced shooters cultivate the habit o!
lightly pushing the top lever to the left after the gur
is closed. This habit is no trouble; it becomes auto
matic and is a quick method of assuring yourself
that foreign matter has not interfered with the corn
plete closure of the breech. The breech is so
tightly
hand-fitted that accumulated debris, sand, etc. mav
prohibit complete closing. If this should occur,
the
action will not close and the safety will be locked
in the
“on safe” position making it impossible t
fire the gun. Open the gun and unload it.
Carefully
examine the action surfaces and remove the foreign
matter.