Safety (Historic Manual)

POSITION AND THE MANUAL HAMMER STOP

INTO THE “ON” POSITION.

Throughout this manual the “action” refers to the mecha-

nism of a firearm which loads and secures the cartridge in

the chamber. If the action resists closing, do not force it.

Small pieces of grit or other obstructions can make it diffi-

cult to close the action. Make sure all surfaces are clean if

any unusual resistance is felt. However, remember that

this is a finely fitted action purposely made with tight fit-

ting tolerances. This assures your gun of good part-to-part

fit for many years to come and is the sign of a finely craft-

ed firearm.

LOADING PROCEDURES

USE THE CORRECT AMMUNITION AS INDI-

CATED BY THE INSCRIPTION ON THE BAR-

REL. AS EXPLAINED PREVIOUSLY, BEFORE

LOADING YOUR RIFLE MAKE SURE ALL

GREASE AND OIL HAS BEEN REMOVED

FROM THE BARREL AND CHAMBER, AND

THERE ARE NO OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE BAR-

REL OR ACTION AREAS.

LOADING THE CHAMBER —

The chamber may be loaded two ways:

(1) Load the chamber by placing a cartridge directly into

the chamber through the opened action (See Figure 8), or

(2) load the chamber by transferring a cartridge that was

previously loaded into the magazine (See Figure 9) to the

chamber by operating the finger lever.

IN EITHER CASE, ALWAYS FIRST PLACE THE

FIGURE 8

FIGURE 9

Loading directly into the

chamber

Working the

finger lever

Loading a

cartridge from

the magazine