Manual

WARNING –MANUAL SAFETY
Safety in "ON" Position
THE BOLT CATCH
The SR-556
TM
Rifle is designed so that the bolt remains open after the last
shot has been fired, provided there is a magazine in the rifle. When the
magazine is empty, the magazine follower actuates the bolt catch, which is
designed to retain the bolt and slide in their rearward position.
WARNING: The bolt catch is NOT a safety device. It should not be used to hold
the bolt back when there are cartridges in the magazine. A slight jar to the butt
end of the rifle CAN cause the bolt catch to disengage and to feed a cartridge
into the chamber.
The bolt catch should be relied upon to hold the bolt in its rearward position
only when the chamber is empty and an empty magazine is in place. The bolt
catch is there for convenience when changing magazines and to hold the bolt in
its rearward position when the rifle is unloaded for cleaning or inspection.
OPERATION OF BOLT CATCH
To hold the bolt carrier open: (See
Figure 3.)
1. Pull the charging handle all
the way to the rear.
2. Depress the bottom part of
the bolt catch plunger and
allow the bolt carrier to move
forward until it stops.
3. Put safety on “SAFE”
(pointing to the word
“SAFE”).
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Keep the safety on unless actually firing.
Always move the safety fully to its intended
position and check it. The safety is not “ON”
unless it is completely “ON”. Never depend on
a safety mechanism or any other mechanical
device to justify careless handling or
permitting the rifle to point in an unsafe
direction. The only “safe” rifle is one in which
the bolt is open, the chamber is empty, and
there is no magazine in the gun.
KNOW HOW TO USE THE SAFETY
Figure 3
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