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LOADING AND SHOOTING INSTRUCTIONS
FOR KODIAK MK IV
WARNING: BEFORE PROCEEDING ALWAYS MAKE SURE THE FIREARM IS UNLOADED AND POINTED IN A
SAFE DIRECTION.
See exploded view at page 25a, 26a of this booklet.
This is an “Express Rifle” with external hammers, which characteristics do not include a specific
safety blocking the triggers and/or hammers. It is a rifle with the “
REBOUNDING HAMMERS SAFETY”,
which automatically returns the hammer to a safe position after firing. This prevents the hammer
from being able to move forward to contact the firing pins until the triggers are depressed. We
might point out that the external hammer system is considered to be one of the safest guns, since
it enables the user to visually tell whether the action is cocked and to cock the hammers only when
he decides to shoot.
SHOOTING SELECTOR
The right barrel fires by depressing the front trigger and the left barrel fires by depressing the rear
trigger.
TOP LEVER
The top lever engages the self-adjustable locking lugs with precision into their seats in the barrel.
The design of the locking lugs is such that it allows a perfect locking of the barrels for a very long
time.
For this reason, and to protect the locking lugs and their seats in the barrel, the top lever should
never be forced too much by the thumb to the locked position when closing the action.
In a new gun a little angle between the top lever and the barrel is normal and planned in the design
of the action.
LOADING AND FIRING
1) Use only factory loaded ammunition, C.I.P. ruled of the rifle’s caliber.
2) To open the action, rotate the top lever to the right and push the barrels downward. Before
doing so, make sure both hammers are in the “rest” position as follows: point your rifle in a
safe direction, hold the hammer firmly with your thumb while simultaneously depressing the
corresponding trigger
ALWAYS KEEPING YOUR THUMB FIRMLY ON THE HAMMER, lower the hammer
gently to the “rest” position.
3) After the barrels are in the open position and the chambers are exposed, insert a cartridge into
each chamber or just into the chamber that you intend to shoot. Next, close the action.
4) Cock the hammer corresponding to the barrel that you want to shoot.
5) The rifle is now ready to fire.
C
OCK THE RIFLE ONLY WHEN READY TO SHOOT AND ONLY WHEN THE MUZZLE IS POINTED IN SAFE
DIRECTION
.
INITIAL CARE AND CLEANING
1) Using a quality gun solvent, remove all excess factory lubricant. Re-lubricate the mechanism
with a quality "spray” type gun oil (item. USA 489).
2) Thoroughly clean the bore, and remove all excess solvent and oil with clean dry cleaning
patches (item USA 497). Replace them as necessary until they come out clean and dry. N
EVER
FIRE THIS OR ANY OTHER FIREARM WITH OIL OR SOLVENTS IN THE BORE
.
3) A slight film of gun oil should be left in the barrel during long periods of storage; however, the
above cleaning procedure
MUST be repeated before firing the weapon. THE BORES MUST
ALWAYS BE CLEAN AND DRY BEFORE SHOOTING.
4) With a similar procedure, clean the inside of the action (in particular around the firing pin holes)
and lubricate lightly.