User's Manual
SAA 1873 REGULATOR Instruction Manual –DICEMBER 2017 Pag. 8
AMMUNITION
NOTICE
WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE OR INJURY
WHATSOEVER OCCURRING IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS THE RESULT OF, THE
USE OF FAULTY, OR NONSTANDARD, OR “REMANUFACTURED” OR HANDLOADED
(RELOADED) AMMUNITION, OR OF CARTRIDGES OTHER THAN THOSE FOR WHICH
THE FIREARM WAS ORIGINALLY CHAMBERED.
• Death, serious injury, and damage can result from the use of wrong ammunition, bore obstructions,
powder overloads, or incorrect cartridge components.
• Use only ammunition specifically recommended for your firearm (the caliber is specified on the
barrel/cylinder/frame).
• Always use cartridges whose length is equal or inferior to that indicated on the barrel.
• Use only high quality, original factory manufactured ammunition whose pressure cannot be higher
than the one stated by S.A.A.M.l. or C.I.P.
• Your gun has been designed for ammunition of a specific caliber – do not alter the barrel, chamber,
caliber for which your gun was designed.
• Be sure you never mix ammunition.
• Firearms may be severely damaged, and serious injury to the shooter or others may result from any
condition causing excessive pressure inside the chamber or barrel during firing. Excessive pressure can
be caused by obstruction in the barrel, propellant powder overloads, or by the use of incorrect or
defectively assembled cartridges. In addition, the use of a dirty, corroded or damaged cartridge can lead
to a burst cartridge case and consequent damage to the firearm and personal injury from the sudden
escape of high-pressure propellant gas within the firearm's mechanism.
Immediately stop shooting and check the barrel for a possible obstruction whenever:
Unburned grains of propellant powder are discovered spilled in the mechanism
A shot sounds weak or abnormal
In such cases it is possible that a bullet is lodged part way down the barrel. Firing a subsequent bullet
into the obstructed barrel can damage the firearm and cause serious injury to the shooter or bystanders.
Bullets can become lodged in the barrel:
If the cartridge has been improperly loaded without propellant powder, or if the powder fails to
ignite. Ignition of the cartridge primer alone will push the bullet out of the cartridge case, but usually
does not generate sufficient energy to expel the bullet completely from the barrel.
If the bullet is not properly seated tightly in the cartridge case. When such a cartridge is
extracted from the chamber without being fired, the bullet may be left behind in the bore at the point
where the rifling begins. Subsequent chambering of another cartridge may push the first bullet further
into the bore.
• If there is any reason to suspect that a bullet is obstructing the barrel, immediately unload the firearm
and look through the bore. It is not sufficient to merely look in the chamber. A bullet may be lodged
some distance down the barrel where it cannot easily be seen. If a bullet is in the bore, do not attempt
to shoot it out by using another cartridge, or by blowing it out with a blank or one from which the bullet
has been removed. Such techniques can generate excessive pressure, damage the firearm and cause
serious personal injury. If the bullet can be easily removed with a wood or brass dowel, (using hand
pressure only, never "hammer" a bullet lodged in the bore) clean any unburned powder grains from the
bore, chamber and mechanism before resuming shooting. If the bullet cannot be dislodged by tapping
it with a cleaning rod, take the firearm to a gunsmith.
• Dirt, corrosion, or other foreign matter on a cartridge can impede complete chambering and may cause
the cartridge case to burst upon firing. The same is true of cartridges which are damaged or deformed.
• Don't oil cartridges, and be sure to wipe the chamber clean of any oil preservative before commencing
to shoot. Oil interferes with the friction between cartridge case and chamber wall that is necessary for
safe functioning, and subjects the firearm to stress similar to that imposed by excessive pressure.
• Use lubricants liberally on the moving parts of your firearm. Avoid excessive spraying of any aerosol
gun care product, especially where it may get on ammunition. All lubricants, and aerosol spray
lubricants in particular, can penetrate cartridge primers and cause misfires. Some highly penetrative