Owner's Manual

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2 Place the rim of a cartridge on the front of the follower and
press down on the follower with the rim of the cartridge while
simultaneously sliding the cartridge rearward into the magazine
under the feed lips (Figure 8). Load subsequent cartridges into
the magazine in the same manner.
NOTICE! the Base of each cartridge must Be flush with the rear
of the magaZine. if the nose of a cartridge Protrudes Beyond
the front of the magaZine, it could cause feeding ProBlems or
interfere when inserting the magaZine into the rifle.
LOADING THE CHAMBER FROM THE MAGAZINE
1 Close the bolt and place the “safety” in the on safe position.
2 Load the magazine as explained previously.
3 Insert the loaded magazine into the rifle by inserting it into the
magazine well until it is retained in place by the magazine catch.
4 Load the chamber by pressing the bolt unlock button and
simultaneously lifting the bolt handle completely up. Release the
bolt unlock button and draw the bolt completely rearward, then
push the bolt forward and rotate the bolt handle down.
5 Immediately verify that the “safety” is in the on safe position.
the rifle is now ready to fire By simPly moving the “safety”
to the off safe Position and Pulling the trigger.
LOADING THE RIFLE TO FULL CAPACITY
1 Close the bolt and place the “safety” in the on safe position.
2 Load the magazine as explained previously.
3 Insert the loaded magazine into the rifle by inserting it into the
magazine well until it is retained in place by the magazine catch.
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