Manual

WARNING – UNLOADING

TO UNLOAD

NOTE: This sequence must be followed exactly as spelled out. Failure to do so

can result in the rifle’s chamber becoming unintentionally loaded with a

cartridge!

1. Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction at all times and keep the fingers

outside the trigger guard. If the rifle is cocked, move the safety to the “on”

position.

2. Remove the magazine by firmly pressing the magazine latch. This is done

more easily if the lever is slightly open, but firmly pressing the latch itself will

slightly open the lever, allowing removal of the magazine. Remember that

even though the magazine has been removed, a cartridge remaining in the

chamber can still be fired!

3. Retract the bolt to its fully open position by completely opening the lever.

This should extract and eject any cartridge or fired case in the chamber. Leave

the lever and bolt open.

4. Always visually double check the chamber

to be certain it is empty. The only

“safe” rifle is one in which the bolt is open and the chamber and magazine are

empty.

So that the rifle can be used as a single loader, it

will fire whether or not a magazine is in the gun

if a cartridge is chambered. Removing magazine

does not unload the rifle! To unload, first remove

magazine, then fully open lever to pull bolt to

rear, eject chambered cartridge, and visually

inspect chamber. The safety should always be in

the “on” (safe) position when loading or

unloading the rifle. Keep safety “on”.

GUN WILL FIRE WITH

MAGAZINE OUT

10. The bolt and lever do not automatically remain open after the last cartridge

or fired case has been extracted and ejected, or when the magazine is empty.

When firing is completed, retract the bolt by opening the lever fully, and

visually check the chamber to be sure it is empty. If the lever or bolt is shut,

the shooter should always assume that there is a cartridge in the chamber.

Don’t rely on your memory to know if a gun or magazine is loaded. Visually

inspect the magazine and the chamber.

TO LOAD AND FIRE (WITHOUT MAGAZINE)

The rifle can be used as a single shot rifle in the absence of a magazine or for

safety or training purposes. To do so, follow steps 1 & 2, p. 14. Then load a

cartridge into the chamber, and follow steps 6, 7 and 8 on p. 15, disregarding the

magazine. Engage the safety between shots.