Browning Maxus Owners Manual - Page 14

Unloading when unloading your shotgun Always place the "safety" in the on safe position. keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction and your fingers away from the trigger. Failure to follow these warnings could result in serious injury or death. 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 With the "safety" in the on safe position, 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. 2 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 on the right side of the loading port (visually to the left side when looking down into the loading port). 3 Push inward on the shell stop with your index finger (Figure 15) to release a shell from the magazine. As the shell stop is pressed in, the shell will be forced out of the magazine under spring pressure. Catch the shell in your hand as it comes out. Figure 15 4 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. 5 With the "safety" still in the on safe position, pull rearward on the bolt handle to eject the shell from the chamber. The bolt will lock rearward when the action is Push inward on the shell stop to unload cycled with an empty magazine. the magazine. 24 6 Using your index 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 magazine to assure there are no shells remaining. U n l o a d i n g by C yc l i n g t h e Ac t i o n 1 With the "safety" in the on safe position, grasp the bolt handle and cycle the action until all shells are transferred from the magazine to the chamber and then ejected. Take care to avoid damaging shells. Avoid letting them fall to the ground. 2 When the last shell in the magazine has been cycled through the chamber and out the ejection port, the bolt will lock rearward. The bolt will lock rearward when cycled with an empty magazine. 3 Using your index 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 magazine to assure there are no shells remaining. M a g a z i n e C u t - o ff when unloading your shotgun Always place the "safety" in the on safe position. keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction and your fingers away from the trigger. Failure to follow these warnings could result in serious injury or death. The Magazine Cut-Off allows you to unload a shell from the chamber without cycling a shell from the magazine. With this feature you can quickly and easily load a heavier or lighter shell into the chamber should the need arise. To change loads in the chamber using the Magazine Cut-Off, perform the following operation: 1 Pull the Magazine Cut-Off lever to the rear to engage the magazine cut-off and block the magazine (Figure 16, page 26). With the lever to the rear, shells are locked in the magazine. Additionally, shells cannot be loaded into the magazine with the lever to the rear. 25