Safety & Maintenance Instructions
FREEDOM. PASSION. PRECISION.
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3.1
CAUTIONS
EQUIPMENT CAUTIONS
1. ALWAYS BE SURE THE CHAMBER, BORE, SUPPRESSOR (IF EQUIPPED),
AND ACTION ARE CLEAN AND CLEAR OF OBSTRUCTIONS. Keep your rearm
clean and well lubricated to ensure it will function correctly and safely.
2. ALWAYS USE HIGH-QUALITY, COMMERCIALLY MANUFACTURED
AMMUNITION THAT IS CLEAN, DRY, IN GOOD CONDITION, AND OF THE
APPROPRIATE CALIBER FOR YOUR FIREARM. Firearm and ammunition
manufacturers design their products within exacting engineering safety limits.
Hand-loaded and re-manufactured ammunition are sometimes outside those limits
and can potentially cause malfunctions or damage to the rearm as well as cause
injury, death, or damage to other property.
3. ALWAYS CHECK THAT AMMUNITION IS CLEAN AND UNDAMAGED BEFORE
USING THE FORWARD ASSIST. Forcing damaged ammunition into the chamber
could damage your rearm and could result in injury, death, or damage to
property.
SHOOTING CAUTIONS
1. NEVER consume alcohol or take drugs when handling rearms.
a. Seek the advice of a qualied doctor if you are taking medication to ensure
you are t to shoot and handle your rearm safely.
2. ALWAYS wear personal protective equipment (PPE), including but not limited to
safety shooting glasses and ear protection, when shooting or near others who are
shooting.
a. Failure to use proper ear protection will cause permanent hearing damage.
b. Failure to use protective shooting glasses can result in damage to eyes and
blindness from ying particles, propellant gases, ricocheting fragments, and
other debris.
c. Always encourage spectators and others nearby to wear PPE.
3. ALWAYS keep your rearm’s safety selector set to the “SAFE” position until your
sights are on your target and you are ready to re.
4. ALWAYS be careful of the direction your ejection port is pointed.
a. Spent cartridges are ejected with enough force to cause injury to those
standing near the shooter.
b. If the ejection port is obstructed your rearm will malfunction, becoming
jammed with spent cartridges.
c. Never place ngers in ejection port as they could be burned by hot metal or
injured by the bolt moving forward.
5. NEVER put your nger in the trigger guard until your sights are on the target and
you are ready to shoot.
a. Keep your trigger nger on the receiver, beneath the magazine button, when
you are not ready to re.
6. ALWAYS be sure of your target and what is beyond it.
a. Bullets can travel great distances and still cause great damage and even
death.
b. If there is any doubt about your target or backstop or anything else, DO NOT
SHOOT!