Operation Manual

YOUR WINCHESTER

IS A TARGET GUN

Your Winchester Air Rifle has been designed for target shooting and is suited for use both

indoors and out to help you develop your marksmanship skills. However, your Winchester Air

Rifle means greatly increased velocity and energy, so take care to prepare your target. Target

traps designed for use with low-velocity (less than 350 feet per second) BB and pellet guns

should not be used with a Winchester Air Rifle. Always use a target trap designed to prevent

ricochet, and put extra reinforcement behind your target to compensate for the added power.

(See Ò How to Make an Indoor-Outdoor Target,Ó page 14.)

TIPS ON MARKSMANSHIP

Many people become proficient at gun handling without learning the basics of proper marks-

manship. Yet, these basics are intended for one purpose Ð to increase your skills. If you havenÕ t

learned them, now is the time to start. If you have, this may serve as a timely review.

TRIGGER AND BREATH CONTROL

When you get right down to it, trigger control is simply knowing your gun. Get your sights in line.

The moment you have the proper sight picture, squeeze the trigger. Never jerk the trigger or you

will ruin your aim. To do this, you must know your gun well enough to exert enough pressure on the

trigger to where itÕ s just short of firing the gun. Then at the exact instant you wish, the trigger can be

squeezed with as little disturbance to the sight picture as possible. Trigger control comes only with

practice. Keep trying, youÕ ll get it down to an art.

Breathing at the wrong moment can cause your body to move and your aim to go astray. So

breathe properly. Prior to raising the gun to the shooting position, inhale deeply, then exhale partially

with arm in shooting position. Hold the remaining breath until shot is fired.

If after about 7 or 8 seconds you havenÕ t got the shot off, cock your arm back 90 degrees (muz-

zle up), relax and breathe normally for a few seconds. Then take your Ò aiming breathÓ and try again.

PRONE

SITTING

(LOW)

N.R.A.

STANDING

KNEELING

(LOW)

STANDING

 From a position directly facing the target, face to the right of the line of fire. The knees

should be straight but not locked.

 Grasp the forearm of the gun in the left hand and place the butt of your gun in the

shoulder pocket with the muzzle pointed upward.

 With the right hand, grasp the stock at the pistol grip, then press your cheek gently

against the stock as far forward as possible without straining.

AIR RIFLES

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Winchester Luftgewehr

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