Manual

LOADING THE MAGAZINE

Use only clean .22 Winchester Magnum

Rimfire (.22WMR) ammunition manufac-

tured to U.S. Industry specifications, in

good condition. (See Notice and Warnings

in other sections of this manaual pertaining

to ammunition).

To load the magazine, press the rim of the

cartridge against the magazine rotor at the

widest section of the magazine throat until

the cartridge enters far enough to be

pushed to the rear end of the magazine.

Each succeeding cartridge is pressed

against the body of the top cartridge and

slid to the rear of the magazine until a max-

imum of nine (9) cartridges are in the mag-

azine.

NOTE: The 9-shot Ruger 77/22 Magnum magazine is the same as, and is inter-

changeable with, the 9-shot Ruger 10/22 Magnum magazine.

Magazine

Figure 3

WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO LOAD .22 SHORT, .22 LONG,

.22 LONG RIFLE, .22 SHOT, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF .22

CALIBER CARTRIDGE (OTHER THAN THE .22 WMR) INTO THE

MAGAZINE OF THE 10/22

MAGNUM RIFLE. THE USE OF OTHER

THAN .22 MAGNUM CARTRIDGES IN THE MAGAZINE CAN CAUSE POTEN-

TIALLY DANGEROUS JAMS AND MALFUNCTIONS RESULTING IN DAMAGE

TO THE FIREARM AND INJURY TO THE SHOOTER AND OTHER PERSONS.

TAKE CARE TO USE THE CORRECT CARTRIDGES.

WARNING: SOME TYPES OF .22 MAGNUM CARTRIDGES HAVE

BLUNT-NOSE OR SHARP-SHOULDER BULLETS WHICH CAN

INTERFERE WITH SMOOTH AND RELIABLE FEEDING FROM

MAGAZINE TO CHAMBER. SUCH CARTRIDGES SHOULD NOT BE USED

BECAUSE THEY MAY DISCHARGE BEFORE BEING FULLY CHAMBERED

AND THEREBY POSSIBLY INJURE THE SHOOTER AND THOSE NEARBY.

THE SHOOTER MUST BE ALERT TO THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SIT-

UATION AND SHOULD AT ONCE DISCONTINUE THE USE OF ANY CAR-

TRIDGE WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE CAUSE OF FEEDING PROBLEMS OR

JAMMING. KEEP THE CHAMBER AND MAGAZINE CLEAN (SEE “CARE AND

CLEANING”, P. 21).