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LOADING AND SHOOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR
SIDE BY SIDE MUZZLE LOADING RIFLED BARREL GUNS
KODIAK & SAFARI EXPRESS
WARNING: BEFORE PROCEEDING ALWAYS MAKE SURE THE FIREARM IS UNLOADED AND POINTED IN A
SAFE DIRECTION.
Before proceeding, please make sure to
CAREFULLY read the warning seen in the section
“I
MPORTANT CAUTIONS FOR MUZZLE LOADING SHOOTING” in this booklet.
ASSEMBLING
1) Do not force barrel into stock.
2) Hook the barrel breech plug into the tang make sure the barrel fits properly into the tang.
Gently lower the barrel into the barrel channel in the stock. D
O NOT FORCE the barrel.
3) The barrel must fit into the stock perfectly, with a minimal amount of tension in order to hold
the wedges in.
4) Gently insert the wedges
RIGHT TO LEFT.
LOADING
5) With the gun pointed in a safe direction place caps on the nipples, set the hammers in full
position and fire.
This operation should be repeated two or three times in order to dry out the base of bores and
the nipples. Now you can start loading.
6) With the hammers placed at a rest position (down), pour down the righthand barrel the pre-
weighed powder charge. (see loading tables in this booklet). A
LWAYS MAKE SURE OF THE
BARREL YOU START WITH. Slap the side of the barrel in front of the lock, this will allow a small
quantity of powder to go into the nipple.
7) Center a lubricated cloth patch over the muzzle and place the round ball over it (see points 6b,
7b of section “L
OADING AND SHOOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR SINGLE SHOT MUZZLE LOADING GUNS”
of this booklet).
8) With one hammer placed on half cock position and the other on a rest position (down),
NEVER
PLACE BOTH HAMMERS AT HALF COCK POSITION AT THE SAME TIME
, place the first cap; PLACE
JUST ONE CAP AT A TIME
, you can place the second one only after having fired the first barrel.
Caution: never reload a fired barrel without removing caps from the other.
9) Start now loading the left side barrel.
10) It is possible for the recoil of the first shot to jar the second load from the powder charge so,
after having fired the first barrel, wait for at least one minute, then check the position of the
loading charge of the second barrel with the reference marks done on your ramrod. If it is not
at the right depth, press it down until the reference mark is at the muzzle of the barrel.
Caution: be sure there is no cap on the nipple.
LOADING MISTAKE
11) If you have accidentally reloaded the same barrel (you will notice this after having checked the
reference marks on your ramrod),
UNLOAD THE GUN COMPLETELY, using the proper caliber
bullet puller.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE REMOVED ANY CAP ON THE NIPPLE.
In this case screw the bullet puller to the ramrod, insert it into the barrel to catch the bullet;
rotating the ramrod will ease the bullet pulling. You can now remove the powder.
CLEANING
12) See point 2d and “Cleaning” of section “Cleaning instructions for single shot muzzle loading
guns” in this booklet.