Daisy PowerLine 880 - Manual (Page 7)

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YOUR POWERLINE ® IS A TARGET GUN
Your PowerLine ® gun has been designed for target shooting
and is suited for use both indoors and out to help you develop
your marksmanship skills. However, your PowerLine
® gun means
greatly increased velocity and energy, so take care to prepare
your target. Target traps designed for use with low-velocity (less
than 350 feet-per-second) spring-piston BB and pellet guns
should not be used with a PowerLine
® gun. Always use a tar-
get trap designed to prevent ricochet and put extra reinforce-
ment behind your target to compensate for the added power.
(See "How to Make an Indoor-Outdoor Target," page 14).
TIPS ON MARKSMANSHIP
Many people become proficient at gun handling without
learning the basics of proper marksmanship. Yet, these basics
are intended for one purpose–to increase your skills. If you
haven't learned them, now is the time to start. If you have, this
may serve as a timely review.
Although there are four basic positions for shooting - prone,
sitting, kneeling, and standing, the one most challenging and the
one you will undoubtedly use most often is standing. To assume
the proper position, follow these simple rules: (All directions have
been given for right hand shooters - left hand shooters should, of
course, reverse the procedure.)
STANDING
• From a position directly facing the target, face to the right
of the line of fire. The knees should be straight but not
locked.
• Grasp the forearm of the gun in the left hand and place
the butt of your gun in the shoulder pocket with the muz-
zle pointed upward.
• With the right hand, grasp the stock at the pistol grip, then
press your cheek gently against the stock as far forward
as possible without straining.
• Thrust the left hip forward, lower the gun to shoulder
height, and with the left elbow directly under the gun, let
the left upper arm rest against your body.
• The forearm of the gun should be supported in the palm of
the left hand. (Thumb and fingertips, if using the NRA
standing position.)
• Shift your weight to the left foot and lean your upper body
away from the target.
To assume the other positions: (It should be noted again that
left hand shooters reverse these directions when assuming
the following positions).
PRONE
• Half face to the right, then lie at an angle of about 45
degrees to the line of fire. The left leg
should be completely relaxed. The right leg should angle
away from the spine and may be bent
or straight. The feet should be as flat on the ground as pos-
sible.
SITTING
(LOW)
PRONE
N.R.A.
STANDING
KNEELING
(LOW)
A MESSAGE TO PARENTS
Included in the material accompanying each new
PowerLine ® is a check list covering the most important aspects
of proper gun handling. We urge you to use the check list in
assuring that anyone operating a PowerLine
® has a thorough
understanding of these rules and is diligent in their practice.
Although not a firearm, a PowerLine
® is a gun and not a toy.
Properly used and maintained, it will provide many hours of safe,
trouble free recreational shooting. Misused, it can be danger-
ous. Therefore, we recommend it be used only by someone
sixteen years of age or older and with adult supervision.
As the proud owner of a new PowerLine ® gun, you have
become part of an American tradition dating back more than 100
years. Mechanically, a new PowerLine® is backed by nearly a
century of engineering know-how and experience in the manu-
facture of quality products.
Safe gun handling depends upon proper safety training and
the right attitude toward gun ownership. 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 thor-
oughly. 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 your child becomes the owner of a PowerLine ® gun, we
strongly urge a formal course of instruction in Shooting Education
for your child. Daisy products are age graded to help you pick the
right product for your child. 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 section of 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 or call 1-800-
643-3458.
WHAT IS A POWERLINE ® ?
Backed by 100 years of engineering know-how, the design
and craftsmanship of the PowerLine® rifles and pistols has
advanced to true gun levels. With much more power than tradi-
tional 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
PowerLine® guns remove these limits for both the enthusiast
who wants low cost shooting for year-round training, indoors or
out, and dedicated shooters interested in shoulder-to-shoulder
competition. With a PowerLine® gun, looks, heft and perform-
ance add up to adult size shooting right at your doorstep, and at
a fraction of the cost of firearm shooting.
PROPER GUN HANDLING
You may be familiar with the responsibilities of proper gun
handling, but the fact that your new PowerLine® gun has much
more power than a traditional air gun means extra care is need-
ed. In reviewing the basic rules of proper gun handling, keep in
mind that "Handling" means every time you touch your gun.
• Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.
• Treat every gun as if it were loaded
• Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting
• Anyone shooting or near a shooter should wear shooting
glasses and should be standing behind the shooter.
• Never climb or jump with a gun.
• Avoid ricochet.
• Keep the muzzle clear.
• Guns not in use should always be unloaded.
• Respect other people’s property.
• Check your target and beyond your target.
Almost all of the air gun related accidents occurring in this
country are caused by careless use or misuse of the gun and
shooting at improper targets. These incidents can be eliminated
if the shooter handles the gun properly.