Operation Manual

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A MESSAGE TO PARENTS
Included in the material accompanying each new Winchester Air Rifle is a checklist covering the
most important aspects of proper gun handling. We urge you to use the checklist in assuring that
anyone operating a Winchester Air Rifle has a thorough understanding of these rules and is diligent
in their practice. Although not a firearm, a Winchester Air Rifle is a gun and not a toy. Like a firearm,
when misused or carelessly used, your Winchester Air Rifle can kill or seriously injure the shooter or
other persons. Properly used and maintained, it will provide many hours of safe, trouble free recre-
ational shooting. Misused, it can be dangerous. Therefore, it should only be used only by someone
sixteen years of age or older.
As the proud owner of a new Winchester Air Rifle, you have become part of an American tradition
dating back more than 100 years. Mechanically, a new Winchester Air Rifle is backed by nearly a
century of engineering know-how and experience in the manufacture of quality products.
Safe gun handling depends upon proper safety training, and the right attitude toward gun owner-
ship. To help you, we have designed this booklet to cover the basic facts everyone should understand
before shooting a gun. Take time to study it thoroughly. A proper understanding of these basics will
greatly increase your enjoyment of the lifetime sport of recreational air gun shooting and, at the same
time, give you the satisfaction of knowing you are properly prepared to handle an air gun.
If you or your son or daughter (age 16 or older) becomes the owner of a Winchester Air Rifle, we
strongly urge you to enroll yourself and them in a formal course of instruction in Shooting Education.
Daisy Outdoor Products’ airguns are age graded to help you select the right product for your son or
daughter. Winchester Air Rifles are for adult shooters and those 16 years of age or older with adult
supervision. There are a number of youth and civic organizations which offer a complete 10-lesson
course based on guidelines developed by the training experts at Daisy, and they are listed in the sec-
tion on CLUBS AND COMPETITION near the back of this book. A quick check with them will let you
know when the next course will be starting in your area. If you would like more detailed information,
write: Special Market Programs, Daisy, Box 220, Rogers, Arkansas 72757.
WHAT IS A WINCHESTER AIR RIFLE?
Backed by 100 years of engineering know-how, the design and craftsmanship of the Winchester
Air Rifle have advanced to true gun levels. With up to ten times the power of traditional air guns,
their sophistication in performance and operation have brought them to the attention of even the
most serious sport shooters.
In recent years, sport shooters have begun to feel the squeeze of limited space and money for
firearm shooting. The Winchester Air Rifles remove these limits for both the enthusiast who wants
low cost shooting for year
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ound training, indoors or out, and dedicated shooters inter
ested in
shoulder-to-shoulder competition. With a Winchester Air Rifle, looks, heft and performance add up
to adult size shooting right at your doorstep, and at a fraction of the cost of fir
earm shooting.
PROPER GUN HANDLING
You may be familiar with the responsibilities of proper gun handling, but the fact that your new
Winchester Air Rifle has up to ten times the power of the traditional air gun means extra care is
needed. In reviewing the basic rules of proper gun handling, keep in mind that "Handling" means
every time you touch your gun.
Ninety percent of the air gun related accidents occurring in this country are caused by: (1) care-
less handling of the gun, (2) believing the gun to be empty when it is not, or (3) shooting at improper
targets. All three causes can be eliminated if the shooter handles the gun properly.
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