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Firing The Rifle, Unloading The Rifle

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FIRING THE RIFLE 1 Insert a cartridge into the chamber (as explained previously) by loading a cartridge from the magazine or directly to the chamber. 2 With a round in the chamber, you need only to move the "safety" to the "off safe" position to make the rifle ready for firing. DO NOT MOVE THE "SAFETY" TO THE "OFF SAFE" POSITION UNLESS SHOOTING IS IMMINENT. 3 Pull the trigger. 4 After a round has fired, the bolt automatically moves rearward, ejects the empty cartridge, then returns forward loading a fresh round from the magazine. Because fired cases are ejected to the right side, bystanders should not stand to the right of the shooter. 5 This operation is repeated each time you pull the trigger until the last round from the magazine has been fired. IF SHOOTING IS NO LONGER IMMINENT, IMMEDIATELY PLACE THE "SAFETY" IN THE "ON SAFE" POSITION. See "Unloading the Rifle" below for more information. 6 After the last round has been fired, the bolt will remain rearward. If you wish to continue shooting, you can reload the magazine in either of the two ways described previously. After reloading the magazine, if shooting is imminent, you can chamber a cartridge and resume firing. If your rifle is to be put away and stored, do not reload the magazine. The chamber and magazine must remain empty. UNLOADING THE RIFLE With the rifle in the "on safe" position and pointed in a safe direction, release the magazine-floorplate to its open position. Grasp the bolt operating handle and move it to the rear, thereby extracting and ejecting any live round in the chamber and lock the action open by lifting up on the bolt release lever. The magazine may then be detached and either kept loaded or the cartridges may be stripped from it with the thumb of either hand. As is always good safety practice, visually inspect the chamber to be absolutely certain a round is not still 13

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FIRING THE RIFLE
1
Insert a cartridge into the chamber (as explained previously) by
loading a cartridge from the magazine or directly to the chamber.
2
With a round in the chamber, you need only to move the “safety” to
the “off safe” position to make the rifle ready for firing.
DO NOT MOVE
THE “SAFETY” TO THE “OFF SAFE” POSITION UNLESS SHOOTING IS IMMINENT.
3
Pull the trigger.
4
After a round has fired, the bolt automatically moves rearward,
ejects the empty cartridge, then returns forward loading a fresh
round from the magazine. Because fired cases are ejected to the
right side, bystanders should not stand to the right of the shooter.
5
This operation is repeated each time you pull the trigger until
the last round from the magazine has been fired.
IF SHOOTING
IS NO LONGER IMMINENT, IMMEDIATELY PLACE THE “SAFETY” IN
THE “ON SAFE” POSITION.
See “Unloading the Rifle” below for
more information.
6
After the last round has been fired, the bolt will remain rearward.
If you wish to continue shooting, you can reload the magazine in either
of the two ways described previously. After reloading the magazine, if
shooting is imminent, you can chamber a cartridge and resume firing.
If your rifle is to be put away and stored, do not reload the magazine.
The chamber and magazine must remain empty.
UNLOADING THE RIFLE
With the rifle in the “on safe” position and pointed in a safe direction,
release the magazine-floorplate to its open position. Grasp the bolt
operating handle and move it to the rear, thereby extracting and
ejecting any live round in the chamber and lock the action open by
lifting up on the bolt release lever. The magazine may then be detached
and either kept loaded or the cartridges may be stripped from it with
the thumb of either hand. As is always good safety practice, visually
inspect the chamber to be absolutely certain a round is not still
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