Manual

2. Open the action and place the safety in the “ON
SAFE” position. (The red warning band must not
be
visible.)
3. With the magazine pointed in a safe direction, unscrew
and remove the magazine cap. Be careful, the magazine
spring and magazine plug are retained by a friction-type
retainer.
ALWAYS KEEP THE MAGAZINE POINTING
AWAY FROM YOU AND OTHERS WHEN
REMOVING THE MAGAZINE CAP.
4. Carefully disengage the barrel from the receiver while
sliding the magazine from the barrel ring.
DO NOT USE
EXCESSIVE FORCE.
Immediately replace the maga-
zine cap and hand tighten at least three threads.
Reassembly of the barrel to the action was explained earli-
er under “Initial Assembly.”
LOADING PROCEDURES
Use the correct ammunition referenced by the inscription
on the barrel. Before loading your gun, be sure all grease
and oil has been removed from the barrel and chamber
and there is no obstruction.
1. Depress the disconnector release button found behind
the trigger guard on the left side. This unlocks the action
without releasing the hammer.
2. Open the action and push the safety in the “ON SAFE”
position. The chamber is now ready to be loaded.
3. To operate your Model 1300 in a single-shot mode a
shell can now be placed directly into the chamber.
IMPORTANT: When the slide is moved forward with a
shell placed directly into the chamber the gun is now
ready to fire.
LOADING THE MAGAZINE
Before loading, make sure your shotgun is pointed in a safe
direction and you are in an appropriate location for load-
ing and that shooting will be imminent.
1. Place the safety in the “ON SAFE” position and close
the action.
2. Depress the carrier with the forward end of the nose of
the shell.
3. With your thumb on the base of the brass push the shell
into the magazine until the carrier returns to the original
position (see Figure 6).
4. Repeat the procedure until the magazine is fully loaded.
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