Manual

TO LOAD AND FIRE

Practice the important aspects of gun handling described below (with an

unloaded gun) until you can perform each of the steps with skill and confidence.

But before loading the shotgun, please read completely through this manual,

and be certain the muzzle is pointing in a safe direction. Do not load the

shotgun until you are ready to use it!

1. With the gun assembled, move the top lever completely to the right and open

the action completely downward. The ejector will snap rearward with a “click”

to its extended position.

2. Look through the barrel from the rear to be sure the barrel is completely free

from any obstruction (See Rule 4, p. 40). Note that, unlike other smoothbore

shotguns, inside the barrel you will see the straight grooves of the Ruger

controlled pattern bore system.

3. With the gun opened, insert a 12 gauge 2 3/4” shot shell, in good condition

loaded to U.S. Industry specifications and appropriate for trapshooting, into

the chamber. Keep your finger off the trigger and completely outside the

trigger guard until you are actually firing!

4. ONLY WHEN YOU ARE READY TO FIRE IMMEDIATELY, close the action and

check to be sure it is securely locked and that the top lever has moved fully to

its centered position. Keep the gun pointed in a safe direction, call for your

target (“pull”), and fire at your selected clay target by pulling the trigger.

5. Fired shell cases will be automatically ejected when the barrel is fully opened.

IF A SHOT IS NOT TO BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY, THE SHOTGUN MUST

BE OPENED AT ONCE by pushing the top lever fully to the right and

swinging the barrel downward. The live shell should be manually extracted

immediately. An open, empty action is the only safe handling and carrying

position for break-open target shotguns designed for trap shooting. Always be

certain that the shotgun is pointed in a safe direction! Trap shooting rules

require that the action be fully opened at all times except when you are on the

trap line and are the shooter whose turn it is to shoot. Only then should you

drop a shell into the chamber, close the action, mount the gun, call “pull” for

the bird, and fire at it. Open the action and be sure the chamber is empty

immediately after shooting, or if a “cease fire” is called, or if any condition

prevents you from firing immediately.

WARNING: DO NOT TOUCH THE TRIGGER

UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO FIRE.