Manual

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Excessive pressure can be caused by
obstruction in the barrel, propellant powder
overloads, or by the use of incorrect or
defectively assembled cartridges. In addition,
the use of a dirty, corroded or damaged
cartridge can lead to a burst cartridge case
and consequent damage to the firearm and
personal injury from the sudden escape of
high-pressure propellant gas within the
firearm’s mechanism.
4. Immediately stop shooting and check the
barrel for a possible obstruction whenever:
- You have difficulty in, or feel unusual
resistance in chambering a cartridge, or
- A cartridge misfires (does not go off), or
- The mechanism fails to extract a fired
cartridge case, or
- Unburned grains of propellant powder are
discovered spilled in the mechanism, or
- A shot sounds weak or abnormal.
- In such cases it is possible that a bullet is
lodged part way down the barrel. Firing a
subsequent bullet into the obstructed barrel
can damage the firearm and cause serious
injury to the shooter or bystanders.