Owner’s Manual 2020

2. BASIC SAFETY RULES

READ THIS MANUAL BEFORE HANDLING YOUR FIREARM.

WARNING: FIREARMS CAN BE DANGEROUS AND CAN CAUSE

SERIOUS INJURY, DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR DEATH, IF

HANDLED IMPROPERLY. THE FOLLOWING SAFETY RULES

ARE IMPORTANT REMINDERS THAT AS A FIREARMS OWNER

SAFETY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. THERE IS NO EXCUSE

FOR CARELESS OR ABUSIVE HANDLING OF ANY FIREARM.

HANDLE THIS FIREARM AND ALL OTHER FIREARMS WITH

RESPECT FOR THEIR POWER AND POTENTIAL DANGER AT

ALL TIMES.

1. ALWAYS KEEP THE MUZZLE OF YOUR FIREARM

POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION, EVEN IF YOU ARE

CERTAIN IT IS UNLOADED.

Never point any firearm at anything you do not intend to shoot even if

you are certain it is unloaded. Stay alert and be aware of all persons

and property within the range of your ammunition.

2. NEVER RELY TOTALLY ON YOUR FIREARM’S

MECHANICAL “SAFETY” DEVICES. LIKE ANY

MECHANICAL DEVICE, A “SAFETY” CAN SOMETIMES

FAIL; IT CAN BE JARRED OR INADVERTENTLY

MANIPULATED INTO AN UNSAFE CONDITION.

Remember, safe gun handling does not stop with your firearm’s

mechanical “safety” devices, it starts there. Always treat this firearm

with the respect due a loaded, ready-to-fire firearm.

The word “safety” describes a firearm’s trigger block mechanism, sear

block mechanism, hammer block mechanism or striker block

mechanism. Mechanical “safeties” are designed to place your firearm

in a safer status, and no guarantee can be made that the firearm will