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Always keep the muzzle of your shotgun pointed down range at all times when on the shooting line. When leaving or moving along the line always open the action. Never load the chamber until you are ready to shoot. Never have the action of your BT-99 closed except when you are on the line, ready to shoot, when your gun is cased, or when it is set in a gun rack at the range. When you retrieve your gun from its case or from a gun rack, always immediately open the action and check to assure that no shell is in the chamber. ALWAYS KEEP THE MUZZLE OF YOUR BT-99 POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH TO YOURSELF OR OTHERS. GENERAL OPERATING PROCEDURES Highly skilled techniques of hand-fitting and polishing have been used to accomplish the hairline fitting of metal parts on this gun. These painstaking operations are necessary to prevent looseness, even after long use. You may consider your new gun to be slightly stiff. This close fitting, however, assures you of long lasting dependability. OPERATION OF THE TOP LEVER - The top lever operates the locking bolt, which is very closely handfitted to its barrel lugs. Provision is made for the gradual wear of locking surfaces by allowing a slight excess of metal. This exacting metal allowance keeps the breech of the gun tight for many years. Upon closing your gun, let the top lever snap into position - do not retard its action with your thumb. If closed in this manner, the top lever spring will return the top lever mechanism to the locked position. It is not necessary that the top lever return to a completely central position; in fact, it usually will not do so in a new gun. Many experienced shooters cultivate the habit of lightly pushing the top lever to the left after the gun is closed. It becomes automatic and is a quick method of assuring yourself that foreign matter has not interfered with the complete closure of the breech. The breech is so tightly hand-fitted that foreign matter, sand, etc. may prohibit complete closing. 13

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Always keep the muzzle of your shotgun pointed down range at all
times when on the shooting line. When leaving or moving along the
line always open the action. Never load the chamber until you are
ready to shoot. Never have the action of your BT-99 closed except
when you are on the line, ready to shoot, when your gun is cased, or
when it is set in a gun rack at the range. When you retrieve your gun
from its case or from a gun rack, always immediately open the action
and check to assure that no shell is in the chamber.
ALWAYS KEEP THE MUZZLE OF YOUR BT-99 POINTED IN A SAFE
DIRECTION. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS COULD
RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH TO YOURSELF OR OTHERS.
GENERAL OPERATING PROCEDURES
Highly skilled techniques of hand-fitting and polishing have been used
to accomplish the hairline fitting of metal parts on this gun. These
painstaking operations are necessary to prevent looseness, even after
long use. You may consider your new gun to be slightly stiff. This close
fitting, however, assures you of long lasting dependability.
OPERATION OF THE TOP LEVER —
The top lever operates the locking bolt, which is very closely hand-
fitted to its barrel lugs. Provision is made for the gradual wear of
locking surfaces by allowing a slight excess of metal. This exacting
metal allowance keeps the breech of the gun tight for many years.
Upon closing your gun, let the top lever snap into position — do
not retard its action with your thumb. If closed in this manner, the
top lever spring will return the top lever mechanism to the locked
position. It is not necessary that the top lever return to a completely
central position; in fact, it usually will not do so in a new gun. Many
experienced shooters cultivate the habit of lightly pushing the top
lever to the left after the gun is closed. It becomes automatic and is
a quick method of assuring yourself that foreign matter has not
interfered with the complete closure of the breech.
The breech is so tightly hand-fitted that foreign matter, sand, etc.
may prohibit complete closing.
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