Manual

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Mauser 98k - Model M48
Unloading Your Rifle:
If you change your mind and choose not to shoot, just follow these
simple instructions. Keep the rifle pointed safely down range. Raise the
safety lever to the vertical position. (If the rifle is not cocked, lift the bolt
handle first, then put the safety on.) Open the bolt and extract the loaded
round. If there are cartridges in the magazine, you may unload the maga-
zine by cycling all cartridges with the bolt while the safety lever is still in
the vertical position. Just cycle the bolt for as many cartridges as remain
in the magazine till the magazine is empty.
Cleaning Your Rifle:
Your rifle has fifty years of preservative in it and on it. It must be
thoroughly cleaned before use.
Disassembly:
1. Unload your rifle and remove all ammo from the area.
2. Remove the Bolt. (
Rifles are shipped with the bolt already removed.)
Point the rifle in a safe direction. Put the safety lever in the vertical
(upright) position. (If the rifle is not cocked, lift the bolt handle first,
then put the safety on.) Open the bolt and pull it to the rear. It will
stop against the bolt-stop.
On the left side of the rear part of the receiver is a spring loaded,
hinged, release lever, which will release the bolt stop. It swings from
the front, being hinged in the rear. Swing
it all the way out and that will allow you
to pull the bolt out of the rifle.
3. Remove the Magazine Floor Plate and
Follower.
a. Turn the rifle upside down so that you
can see the magazine floor plate. At
the rear of the floor plate, near the
trigger guard you will see an opening
that provides access to a small, spring
loaded plunger. To remove the floor
plate, use a brass rod that is about the
size of the little button plunger and
fully depress the plunger as far as it
will go, about 1/8
th
inch. While hold-
ing the plunger depressed, slide the
Magazine
Floor Plate
Release
Plunger
Trigger
Guard
Fig 2 Magazine Floor Plate.