Manual

WARNING! The rifle is now loaded with a round in the chamber and the

hammer is cocked. Handle with care!

WARNING! The rifle is now loaded and will fire if the safety lever is moved to

the “FIRE” position and the trigger is pulled! Handle with extreme caution and keep

the muzzle (the end of the barrel) pointed in a safe direction!

2. Press the magazine release lever (located at the front of the trigger guard) forward, to allow

you to pull and remove the magazine from the receiver. (See Illustration #7.)

3. Load the magazine with 7.62x39mm ammunition by pressing the cartridges, one at a time, into

the spring-loaded magazine’s feed lips, rear (case head) of the cartridge entering the magazine

first.

4. Install the loaded magazine into the rifle by tilting it rearward, then inserting the catch surface

at the front of the magazine into the magazine well of the receiver so that it latches on the

magazine catch surface on the front wall of the magazine well. (See Illustrations #8 - #9.)

Rotate the magazine upward and slightly rearward, until it locks into place. Pull on the magazine

slightly in order to ensure that it is locked into position.

5. Keeping the muzzle in a safe direction, move the safety lever downward to the “F” or

“FIRE” position.

6. Pull back the operating handle to its fully-rearward position and release. As it moves rapidly

forward under spring pressure, the bolt will strip a round from the magazine and insert it into

the chamber of the barrel, readying the rifle for firing. (See Illustration #10.)

7. Move the safety lever to its upward “SAFE” position.

Illustration #8

Press the magazine release lever to

remove the magazine.

Illustration #10

Pull the

operating

handle to

ensure there is

no remaining

cartridge in the

barrel chamber.

Illustration #9

The catch surface

at the upper front of

the magazine must

be mated to the

catch surface within

the magazine well

before rotating the

magazine rearward

and upward.

Pointing to the catch surface at

the front of the magazine.

Illustration #7