Manual
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HOW TO PREPARE
FOR FIRING
Activate one or both safeties.
Select pump or semiautomatic firing mode.
The chamber of the SPAS 12 can be loaded in three different ways:
.The chamber may be loaded before loading the magazine by
opening the bolt. placing a shell in the receiver and closing the
bolt.
.The chamber may also be loaded by loading the magazine. then
operating the bolt to feed a shell from the magazine into the
chamber, then loading another shell into the magazine.
.Or the chamber may be loaded by loading the magazine, pushing
the magazine cut-off button, opening the bolt. placing a shell in
the receiver. and closing the bolt by pushing the carrier latch
button on the left side of the receiver.
IF YOU RELEASE THE MAGAZINE CUT-OFF BUTTON BEFORE CLOSING
THE BOLT THE GUN WILL
JAM.
Ifyou leave the magazine cut-off button engaged. the firing of a
shot willrelease it automatically. or you may do it manually
AFTER
the bolt is closed.
With magazine and chamber"loaded you are ready to select a
safe target. move the safeties to 'off safe" and fire. Be sure you have
a safe backstop.
THINK!
What will you HIT if you
MISS
the target?
INSTANT
LOADING
The SPAS 12 may be carried with the bolt open. chamber empty,
and magazine loaded yet still be instantly readied for firing. In
semiautomatic mode, engage the magazine cut-off button. Open
the bolt. Itwill lock open. When you strike a fairly hard glancing blow
to the magazine cut-off button a shell will be released from the
magazine, lifted into position and loaded into the chamber as the
bolt closes.
But use caution. Unless you first put the carry safety lever in the "on
safe" position the shotgun is ready to fire when the bolt closes.
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SOME TIPS ON FIRING
In SEMIAUTOMATIC
MODE the
SPAS
12 requires firm resistance to the
recoil of the gun. for continous functioning. Place the extended stock
solidly against your shoulder.
LIGHT LOADS SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN SEMIAUTOMATIC MODE.
PUMP MODE allows firing of any loads from the lightest to the heaviest.
Use a quick, vigorous pumping stroke to cycle the action.
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NO
PROBLEM: SHELL
IS
ON CARRIER AND
BOLT
IS CLOSED.
If you see that a shell has slipped out of the magazine. under the
closed bolt resting on the shell carrier.
THIS
ISNOT A JAM. Simply fire
the gun or cycle the action by hand and the SPAS 12 will feed. that
shell into the chamber without allowing another shell to come out
of the magazine. You need not use the magazine cut-off button or
do anything else. The next shell will fe~d normally.
Although it is rare when using properly loaded ammunition, if you
do experience a jam in semiautomatic mode you can switch to
pump mode without releasing your firing grip on the gun. Keep your
firing hand on the pistol grip. With your nonfiring hand switch the
forend back to "M-M" for manual operation, and pump the action
to clear the jam and reload the chamber.