Manual

Loading:

There are two ways to load your rifle. Put the safety lever in the

straight up (middle) position before you do anything.

1. The fastest way to load is to have ammunition on ‘stripper’ clips. No-

tice that there is a cut-out in the top rear receiver ring designed specif-

ically for stripper clip loading. With the bolt open, simply fit the

loaded clip into the cut-out and then smartly ‘strip’ the cartridges into

the empty magazine as far as you can push them. There is a cutout

provision in the left rear of the receiver to allow room for your thumb

to push the cartridges down into the magazine. The stripper clip will

then be standing empty. You can lift it out by hand or when you close

the bolt, it will be pushed up and out of the rifle.

2. The simplest way is to simply open the bolt and push cartridges into

the magazine, one at a time. Simple, fairly quick, and very easy.

You should practice with the safety lever until you are comfortable

and sure of its' three positions and how the different positions affect the

rifle. When Paul Mauser designed the rifle, he successfully designed it to

be 'soldier proof' (which really means combat-ready). You are holding

one of the most copied designs in the firearms world! Your rifle is ex-

traordinarily rugged, very accurate, and a joy to own..

Sights:

The sights of the rifle are adjustable from one hundred meters all the

way out to 2,000 meters! In one hundred meter increments. At its rear-

most setting the sight is set for one hundred meters. This is an ideal set-

ting for hunting with open sights. For longer ranges, the sight can be ad-

justed simply by squeezing the two locking lugs together and sliding the

sight up its ramp to the desired distance. At ranges beyond 200 yards, the

rifle and the cartridge will perform admirably well, but you won’t. The

human eye just can’t cut it for game animals or silhouette shooting with-

out optical assistance at that distance.

The front sight provides you with 'windage adjustment'. In reality

you'll use "Kentucky windage" once you set the front and rear sights in

the way you like them for the particular style and weight of hunting bullet

you are using. To adjust the front sight you must first remove the front

sight hood. (Before that, take the bolt out of the rifle.) The hood can only

come off by pulling it forward because it rides in two grooves in the front