Manual

15
LOADING
• Do not load the rifle until you have read and fully understand
this manual.
• Do not load the rifle until you are ready to use it. Keep
your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard until
you are ready to fire.
• Never load your rifle until you are sure of your target, what
is beyond it and are fully prepared to fire.
• Set safety selector lever to “SAFE”. (Figure 9)
• Press the magazine release and remove the magazine from
the firearm.
• With the short end of the magazine facing forward, place a
round between the lips of the magazine with the bullet
forward. Press the round down until it is held by the
magazine lips. Place the next round on top of the previous
round and repeat until the desired number is loaded.
• Pull the charging handle all the way back and press the
bottom of the bolt catch down and release pressure on the
charging handle. This will lock the bolt in the open position.
(Figures 10 & 11)
CAUTION: The bolt and carrier being latched open is not a safe
condition when a loaded magazine is installed.
• Return charging handle fully forward until it locks and remove
finger from bolt catch.
• Smith & Wesson has provided you with a magazine
designed to operate in your specific model of firearm. While
your magazine may be able to be inserted into another
model firearm, it will only function properly in the specific
model for which it was designed. Do not interchange
magazines from one model firearm to another model firearm.
• Follow instructions in this manual and any other specific
instructions which may be marked onto, or accompany, a
magazine. Failure to use the particular type of Smith &
Wesson magazine specified for your model and caliber of
firearm may result in a malfunction.
• With the bullet points forward, insert the loaded magazine into
magazine well until it is securely locked in. Check placement
by putting downward pressure on magazine. (Figure 12)
WARNINGS: THIS FIREARM MAY DISCHARGE ACCI-
DENTALLY WHEN A ROUND IS FED INTO THE CHAM-
BER, IF IT IS DROPPED OR RECEIVES A BLOW TO THE
MUZZLE OR FRONT OF
THE GUN. (THIS CAN OCCUR
REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION OF THE HAMMER OR
ANY OF
THE
VARIOUS SAFETY DEVICES.)
THEREFORE, EXTRA CARE AND STRICT ADHERENCE TO
THESE INSTRUCTIONS BY THE GUN USER IS MANDATORY
FOR MINIMIZING THE RISK OF ACCIDENTS.
W
ARNING: ALWAYS POINT THE MUZZLE IN A SAFE
DIRECTION
WHEN
Y
OU RELEASE THE BOLT.