Manual
2
How to Operate the Safety
•WARNING: Prior to firing, know and
understand the operation of the safety
by practicing with the rifle unloaded.
The safety mechanism is a round button
located behind the trigger. To put your rifle
on SAFE, hold it in the normal shooting posi-
tion, pointed in a safe direction, and push
the safety button from left to right as far as it
will go. The safety is now on SAFE (See A).
To move the safety to the FIRE position,
push the safety button from right to left as
far as it will go. A red ring around the safe-
ty button will be visible when the safety is
in the FIRE position (See B). If the maga-
zine is in place and the bolt is forward and
the trigger is pulled with the safety in this
position, the gun will fire.
NOTE: This rifle is equipped with a maga-
zine disconnector. It will not fire if the maga-
zine is not in place. Do not, however, use
the magazine disconnector as the primary
safety
and never as a reason for unsafe
firearm handling.
• WARNING: Never disassemble the safety.
It has been correctly designed, fitted and
tested, and is not reversible. Any mechani-
cal device can fail, however, so never rely
on the safety to justify careless handling.
Never use a firearm with a safety that does
not function properly. (See instructions for
factory maintenance in this manual.)
How to Load
• WARNING: Never attempt to load your
rifle with ammunition that does not meet
the cartridge designation stamped on the
barrel. Use only clean, dry, factory-
loaded ammunition which conforms to
industry standards.
Rifles chambered for 22 L.R. ammunition:
• WARNING: Your rifle is a self-loading .22
caliber designed for .22 Long Rifle High
Velocity cartridges only (not Hyper-
Velocity); it will not function with Shorts,
Longs or Shot cartridges, and damage or
injury may result from their use.
NOTE: Our testing has shown that the
following types of 22 L.R. ammunition
produce the most consistent functioning
and the best accuracy in our self-loading
22 rifles:
• CCI Mini-Mag
• CCI Mini-Mag Hollow Point
• Federal Classic High Velocity
• Remington High Velocity
(Not Thunderbolt)
• Winchester Super X High Velocity
Rifles chambered for 17 Mach 2
ammunition:
Any commercially available 17 Mach 2
ammunition will function in your rifle.
Releasing the magazine
C
Safe Position
Fire (Off Safe) Position
A
B