Manual

AMMUNITION
1. Use only high quality, original factory-
manufactured ammunition. Do not use cartridges
that are dirty, wet, corroded, bent, or damaged.
Use only ammunition of the caliber for which your
firearm is chambered. The proper caliber is
permanently engraved on your firearm; never
attempt to use ammunition of any other caliber.
2. Do not oil cartridges, or spray aerosol
lubricants, preservatives or cleaners directly onto
cartridges or where excess spray might come into
contact with them. Highly penetrative lubricants can
migrate inside cartridge cases and contaminate the
primer and/or propellant powder. Either a misfire or
a failure of the powder to ignite may result. If only
the primer ignites, there is danger that the bullet
may not exit the barrel, and obstruct the bore.
3. Store ammunition in a cool, dry place, away
from sources of heat. Heat shortens the shelf life of
ammunition by accelerating the chemical
decomposition of primer and propellant.
4. Make a habit of regularly examining your fired
cartridge cases, particularly when trying different
ammunition. Watch for abnormalities: punctured,
loose, or excessively flattened primers; split,
deformed or partially separated cases; rough or
cratered firing pin indents, torn rims, etc. "Reading"
the cases can reveal a lot about the quality of the
ammunition and the condition of the rifle, allowing
corrective steps to be taken before something ugly
happens.
5. Don't mix up ammunition. Keep cartridges in
their original box until you are ready to load them.
When afield, carry only one caliber of ammunition in
your pockets. At the range, put only the ammunition
for the firearm you are currently using on the
shooting bench. Don't put ammunition of different
calibers or loads in the same box or loose in a
range bag. It is too easy to pick up and load the
wrong cartridge, with potentially disastrous results.
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