Manual

TO LOAD AND FIRE (WITH MAGAZINE)

Practice this important aspect of gun handling (with an unloaded rifle) until you

can perform each of the steps – described below – with skill and confidence. But

before you do anything with the rifle, please first read completely through this

manual.

1. Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. (See Rule 2, p. 31).

2. Pull the bolt handle rearward. Engage the bolt lock so that the bolt is held

open. Check the chamber to be certain it is empty. Engage the safety. (See

Figure 1, p. 6).

Figure 4. The safety should be “on” when

the magazine is being removed or inserted.

When the forward section of the magazine

latch is pushed in (pivoted upward), the

magazine is released. Depress the latch with

the thumb and at the same time grasp the

magazine between the thumb and forefinger

and draw it out of the gun.

Removing Magazine

(Safety “On”)

3. Remove the magazine by using thumb to depress magazine latch and at the

same time grasp the magazine between thumb and forefinger of the same

hand to draw it out of the magazine well. (See Figure 4, above).

4. Load the magazine by sliding up to nine (9) .22 WMR cartridges into the mag-

azine throat-opening. (See Figure 3, p. 11). The Ruger 10/22 Magnum is

designed to function properly only with standard Ruger 9-shot rotary maga-

zines loaded with .22 WMR magnum cartridges of the correct type. (See

“Ammunition Warning”, p. 10)

5. Insert magazine into the firearm, with bullet end of the cartridges toward the

muzzle. (Magazine cannot be seated if reversed).

6. Load a cartridge into the chamber by fully retracting the bolt handle, releasing

the bolt lock, and then releasing the bolt handle. Don’t touch the trigger. Do

not ‘ride’ the bolt handle as it moves forward. Do not apply force to the bolt

handle to chamber a cartridge. If a cartridge does not readily chamber, eject it

from the rifle, lock the bolt open, remove the magazine and see MALFUNC-

TION WARNING, p. 18.

WARNING: DO NOT TOUCH THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOU ARE

ACTUALLY READY TO FIRE THE RIFLE.