Manual

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UNLOADING
1. Point the rifle in a safe direction! The safety
should be kept "on"!
2. Lift the bolt handle and gently pull the bolt to the
rear. This will extract any unFired cartridge present
in (j) the chamber. Remove this cartridge from the
rifle and leave the bolt open.
3. Empty the magazine from below (Fig. 9). Hold
one hand loosely under the floor plate to restrain it,
and depress the Floor plate catch 141. The hinged
Floor plate will pop open, allowing the cartridges to
be dumped into your hand. Look in the magazine
and chamber to be sure that all the cartridges have
been removed.
WARNING!
1. Always LOOK in the chamber to make sure the cartridge has been extracted and the chamber is empty.
It is rare for a cartridge to remain stuck in the chamber, but it can happen.
2. It is recommended that you always empty the magazine by the method described above. Do not empty
the magazine by cycling the bolt, since this process involves feeding cartridges into the chamber, and
introduces an additional risk of an accidental firing.