User Guide

that the magazine is pressed completely

in and is being retained by the

magazine latch.

3. To load the chamber, move the manu-

al thumb “safety” lever down into the

“off safe” position and pull the slide

completely back. Release the slide. It will

move forward under spring pressure

and feed the first cartridge from the

magazine into the chamber (Figure 7).

THE RIFLE IS NOW READY FOR FIRING

4. After pulling the trigger and firing the

cartridge, the rifle automatically ejects

the fired cartridge and feeds a fresh car-

tridge from the magazine into the

chamber ready for a second shot. Thus the shooter may fire the rifle

until the magazine is empty, merely by pulling the trigger for each

shot. After the last shot is fired, the stop open latch automatically

holds the slide in its open or rearward position.

5. During reloading, it is recommended that you remove the empty

magazine, inspect the chamber to be sure it is empty, then close the

slide and place the manual thumb “safety” in the “on safe” position.

By inserting the

loaded magazine with

the slide closed, there

is no danger of inad-

vertently tripping the

stop open latch and

feeding a live cartridge

into the chamber

from the magazine.

FIGURE 6

Loading the magazine

FIGURE 7

Loading the chamber

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