Manual

14
INSPECTING YOUR
RIFLE
WARNING: ALWAYS ENSURE THAT THE RIFLE IS
UNLOADED BEFORE ANY PROCEDURE IS
ATTEMPTED.
• When you inspect your rifle, you should
first check for yourself to ensure that it is
unloaded. To do this, grasp the rifle with
your finger off the trigger and outside the
trigger guard, point the muzzle in a safe
direction, depress the magazine release
and remove the magazine.
• Pull the charging handle all the way back
(Figure 5),press and hold the lower portion
of the bolt catch down (Figure 6) while you
release pressure on the charging handle.
This will lock the bolt in the open position.
Return charging handle fully forward until it
locks and remove finger from bolt catch.
• Place safety selector lever on SAFE.
(Figure 7)
• Look into the receiver and check chamber
to be sure no cartridges are visible.
(Figure 8)
• You must follow this procedure every time
a firearm leaves your hand, is cleaned,
handed to you or another person,
transported or stored.
• Unload the magazine by holding it with the
bullet end of the cartridge pointing away
from you and others and pressing each cartridge forward and
out of the magazine.
WARNING: NEVER RELY ON MECHANICAL FEATURES
ALONE. ONLY YOUR SAFE GUN HANDLING WILL
ENSURE THE SAFE USE OF YOUR FIREARM. THIS IS
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
FIGURE 6
FIGURE 7
FIGURE 5
FIGURE 8