Winchester Repeating Arms 1895 - Manual (Page 19)

BEFORE UNLOADING, CHECK TO ASSURE
THAT THE SAFETY (MANUAL HAMMER STOP)
IS IN THE “ON” POSITION (SAFE) BY PULLING
IT FULLY TO THE REAR UNTIL THE “S” JUST
FORWARD OF THE SAFETY IS VISIBLE. KEEP
YOUR FINGER AWAY FROM THE TRIGGER
WHEN CYCLING THE ACTION.
1. WITH THE GUN POINTED IN A SAFE
DIRECTION AND YOUR FINGER OFF THE
TRIGGER, SWING THE FINGER LEVER
DOWNWARD FULLY. THIS WILL EXTRACT ANY
CARTRIDGE FROM THE CHAMBER AND EJECT
IT.
Capture (or pick up) the cartridge and return the finger
lever fully upward.
2. Proceed to operate the finger lever in the same manner
transferring all the remaining cartridges from the maga-
zine to the chamber and then eject them out. It is possi-
ble, with practice, to carefully work the lever and capture
the loaded ejected cartridges with your other hand each
time the lever is cycled (See Figure 15). This is preferable
to letting the loaded cartridges eject onto the ground
where they may be damaged.
THROUGHOUT THE UNLOADING PROCESS
MAKE SURE THAT THE SAFETY (MANUAL
HAMMER STOP) STAYS IN THE “ON”
POSITION (WITH THE “S” SHOWING) AND
THAT YOU KEEP YOUR FINGER AWAY FROM
THE TRIGGER AT ALL TIMES.
When cartridges no longer eject when you cycle the
action, further assure that no cartridges remain by open-
ing the action and visually checking the chamber and
feed/magazine mechanism to be sure no cartridges remain.
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It is possible to
catch the ejected
cartridges with
your hand
FIGURE 15