Manual

ALWAYS KEEP THE MUZZLE POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION.
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Safety Warnings
Not Just For Beginners
Regardless of your familiarity or experience with firearms, you need to
study this manual.
The safe handling of firearms requires specialized training, discipline and
caution. Firearms, by their nature and intended function, are deadly
instruments. Accidental death or serious injury can result if they are
handled improperly or carelessly.
Firearms rarely cause accidents. Firearms accidents almost always are
caused by a failure to obey the basic rules of gun safety. Unfortunately,
experienced shooters seem to violate these rules as frequently as
beginners. Thus the basics of safe firearms handling cannot be repeated
too often. Read, re-read and practice the basic principles of firearms
safety until they become second nature: habits that you don’t forget.
If you have any question about your knowledge or ability to use this or
any other firearm with complete safety you should seek supervised
instruction. Personalized instruction is often available from firearms
dealers, gun clubs, state hunter safety programs or police departments in
the United States. If none of these sources is accessible, write to the
National Rifle Association, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030 or
at www.nra.org. THEY WILL ASSIST YOU.
Handbooks dealing with muzzleloading basics and safety can be obtained
from the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association at
P.O. Box 67, Friendship, IN 47021 or at www.nmlra.org.
A person with a firearm in his possession has a full-time responsibility.
He must KNOW how to keep and use his firearm safely, and then must
always TAKE the precautions necessary -all of them. He cannot guess; he
cannot forget. This responsibility is his alone. It cannot be passed off to
someone else.
Remember: no firearm can be made accident-proof. A firearm is just a
machine, with no judgement of its own. It responds to your actions,
whether wise or foolish. The only truly effective safety device is the mind
of a cautious shooter who never forgets that a moment’s carelessness can
produce permanent tragedy.