Browning A5 Shotgun Owners Manual - Page 14

3 With a shell in the chamber, you need only move the "safety" to the off safe position to fire the shotgun. 4 When ready to fire, move the "safety" into the off safe position, take aim and squeeze the trigger. After a shell is fired, energy from the fired shell operates the slide assembly, ejects the fired shell, picks up a loaded shell from the magazine and automatically chambers it. You may continue to fire the shotgun until the magazine is empty by pulling the trigger to fire each shell. After the last shell is fired, the breech of the shotgun remains open, with the slide assembly locked to the rear. This allows convenient and fast reloading. If you are done shooting, leave the slide assembly locked to the rear, with the breech in the open position so that you may visually inspect the chamber, bore, carrier and magazine to be sure they contain no shells. After firing, or when shooting is no longer imminent, immediately PLACE THE "SAFETY" IN THE ON SAFE POSITION. Fa i lure to follow these warn i n g s could result i n ser i ous injury or death. EVEN WITH THE slide assembly LOCKED OPEN AFTER SHOOTING, DO NOT ASSUME the SHOTGUN IS UNLOADED. ALWAYS INSPECT THE CHAMBER, barrel, feed mechanism AND MAGAZINE TO BE certain THE shotgun is completely unloaded. Failure to follow these warn i n g s could result i n ser i ous i n j ury or death . Unloading when unloading your shotgun Always place the "safety" in the on safe pos i t i on . keep the muzzle po i nted i n a safe d i rect i on and your fingers away from the trigger. Failure to follow these warn i n g s could result i n ser i ous i n j ury or death . 24 ALWAYS INSPECT THE CHAMBER, barrel, feed mechanism and mAGaZINE CAREFULLY AFTER UNLOADING TO BE SURE ALL LIVE shells ARE CLEARED FROM THE firearm. Sp e e d U n l o a d i n g 1 Place the "safety" in the on safe position. 2 Pull rearward on the operating handle to eject the shell from the chamber. Allow the bolt to close on the empty chamber. 3 Turn the shotgun over so the trigger guard is facing up, then push the carrier down with your finger as far as it will go. 4 Shells are retained in the magazine by the shell stop, which catches the rim of the shell base. Locate the shell stop inside the receiver (Figure 16) on the right side of the loading port (visually to the left side when looking down into the loading port). 5 Push in on the shell stop to release a shell from the magazine. When the shell stop is pressed, a shell is forced out of the magazine under spring pressure. Catch the shell as it comes out. 6 Press the stop again to release the next shell. Continue to do this until the magazine is empty. Be careful not to pinch your finger on the carrier. 7 Using your finger, feel the opening of the magazine to make sure there are no shells that have not been fed from the magazine and ejected. Visually inspect the chamber, feed mechanism and Figure 16 magazine to assure there are no shells remaining. 8 Lock the slide assembly rearward by first sliding the bolt latch to the rear, then pulling the operating handle fully to the rear as explained on page 13. Ensure the firearm is completely unloaded and the "safety" is in the on safe position. Push inward on the shell stop to unload the magazine. 25